SENATE PASSED THE FOLLOWING BILLS TODAY

The Senate passed the following Bills today:

SIX BILLS PASSED FIRST READING AT THE SENATE

i.                    STAMP DUTIES ACT

ii.                  PHARMACY COUNCIL OF NIGERIA

iii.                NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS ACT

iv.                CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTANTS OF NIGERIA

v.                  INVESTMENT ASSURANCES

vi.                NIGERIAN COAST GUARDS

Also the following Bills passed Second Reading:

i.                    FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MICRO SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE INDUSTRIES AIMED AT RAPID INDUSTRIALIZATION AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA

ii.                  AN ACT TO AMEND NURSING AND MIDWIFERY ACT  

iii.                AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION PROCESED BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BODIES

iv.                FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION(TECHNICAL) AROCHUKWU

v.                  FEDERAL TASK FORCE ON REVENUE DEFAULTERS PIRACY AMD NATIONAL HERITAGE PROTECTION

vi.                NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ABUJA TO EFFECT THE CHANGE OF THE NAME TO NATIONAL HOSPITAL, ABUJA