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AT A GLANCE: 22 house of reps bills assented to by the presidency since 2015

The administration of President Muhmmadu Buhari has signed a total of 25 bills since it took over power in May 2015.

Of the 25 bills assented to by the presidency, 22 emanated from the house of representatives. Yakubu Dogara, the speaker, had set up a committee to identify bills which were to be updated.

Following the identification of some of these bills, the house passed 130 through first reading in December, and few months after, another 100 bills were introduced.

As of January 2017, the house had passed at least 150 bills; all of which have been transmitted to senate for concurrence.

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Here is a list of the bills from the house signed into law by the presidency:

S/N HB/N Title of Bill SPONSOR(S) 3rd Reading & Passage Date Date Transmitted to Senate Status
1. HB. 216 Telecommunications and Postal Offences Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015  Lynda lkpeazu 31/5/2016 9/6/2016 Act
2. HB. 218 National Crop Varieties and Livestock Breeds (Registration, etc.) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Uzoma Nkem-Abonta 1/6/2016 9/6/2016 Act
3. HB. 219 Produce (Enforcement of Export Standards) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Uzoma Nkem-Abonta 1/6/2016 9/6/2016 Act
 4. HB. 262 University of Abuja Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe 1/6/2016 9/6/2016 Act
5. HB. 242 Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Yusuf A. Tajudeen 31/5/2016 9/6/2016 Act
6. HB. 233 Prevention of Crimes Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Ossai Nicholas Ossai 31/5/2016 9/6/2016 Act
7. HB. 234 Water Resources Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Ossai Nicholas Ossai 31/5/2016 9/6/2016 Act
8. HB. 237 National Agricultural Development Authority Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Mohammed T. Mongunu 1/6/2016 9/6/2016 Act
9. HB. 238 Bees (Import Control and Management) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Mohammed T. Mongunu 31/5/2016 9/6/2016 Act
10. HB. 241 Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Linus Okorie 31/5/2016 9/6/2016 Act
11. HB. 243 Treaty to Establish African Economic Community Relating to the Pan-African Parliament (Accession and Jurisdiction) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Kingsley S. Ebenyi 31/5/2016 9/6/2016 Act
12. HB. 244 Utilities Charges Commission Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Chukwukere A. Ikechukwu 31/5/2016 9/6/2016 Act
13. HB. 249 Endangered Species (Control of International Trade and Traffic) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Obinna Chidoka 31/5/2016 9/6/2016 Act
14. HB. 252 Quantity Surveyors (Registration, etc.) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 G. Jonathan 31/5/2016 9/6/2016 Act
15. HB. 259 Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Development Agency Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 E. Onyewuchi 1/6/2016 9/6/2016 Act
16. HB. 302 National Judicial Institute Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Aminu Shehu Shagari 31/5/2016 9/6/2016 Act
17. HB. 303 Advertising Practitioners (Registration, etc.) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Abdulrazak Sa’ad Namdas 1/6/2016 9/6/2016 Act
18. HB. 294 Veterinary Surgeons Act (Amendment) Bill Chike John Okafor 2/6/2016 27/6/2016 Act
19. HB. 169 Oaths Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 E. Y. Orker-Jev 9/6/2016 28/7/2016 Act
20. HB. 224 National Film and Video Censors Board Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Uzoma Nkem-Abonta 7/6/2016 27/9/2016 Act
21. HB. 06 Pension Rights of Judges Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Ossai N. Ossai 9/6/2016 27/9/2016 Act
 22. HB. 253 Mortgage Institutions Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Gbefwi. Jonathan 7/6/2016 28/7/2016 Act

Also the presidency also assented to three bills from the senate; they are: the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Act (Amendment) Bill, 2016, Defence Space Administration Bill, 2016 and Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (Establishment) Bill, 2016.

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