Goje, Omogunwa, Bukar have not pass any bill in 2 years
Other senators in this league are former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Bayero Nafada (APC, Gombe), Muhammed Sabo (APC, Jigawa), Mustapha Sani (APC, Niger), Yele Omogunwa (APC, Ondo), Jeremiah Useni (PDP, Plateau) and Ibrahim Abdullahi (APC, Sokoto).
Official record from June 2015 to July 2016
showed that 16 out of the 108 Senators (Anambra vacant) are yet to have a bill
to their names, less than 23 months to the expiration of their tenure.
The list of senators who didn't sponsor a
single bill dropped from 28 in June, 2016 to 16 this year as the likes of
Senate President Bukola Saraki (APC, Kwara), his predecessor David Mark (PDP,
Benue), and the Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu (PDP, Enugu) have now
presented one each.
Saraki's
bill on the establishment of the Nigerian Academy of Science was passed on July
5, 2017, while Mark's on the establishment of the Federal University of Health
Sciences, Otukpo had scaled through first reading on June 13, this year.
The
Senate is so far considering 552 draft laws since the inauguration of the 8th
Assembly on June 9, 2015.
The
three senators from Rivers State who were sworn-in December 15, 2016, namely
George Sekibo (PDP), Magnus Abe (APC) and Osinakachukwu Ideozu (PDP) had zero
bills.
Others
in this group are Shuaibu Lau (PDP, Taraba North) and Senator Ademola Adeleke
(PDP, Osun) who were sworn in July, this year, days before the federal
lawmakers embarked on their annual recess.
The
review showed that only 33 of the senators had some of their bills passed with
Ali Ndume (APC, Borno) topping the list with 47 bills, according to official
documents analysed by Daily Trust.
Aside
from having the highest number of bills passed, Ndume who was the Senate Leader
until January this year topped the chart of bills sponsorship with 64 bills.
Ndume is serving a 6-month suspension slammed on him by the upper chamber.
In
terms of sponsorship of bills, next to Ndume was the Deputy Leader, Bala Ibn
Na'Allah (APC, Kebbi) who had 19 bills, followed by Adeola Olamilekan (APC,
Lagos) 16 and Andy Uba (APC, Anambra) with 15 bills.
Stella
Odua (PDP, Anambra), Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi), and Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan (APC,
Yobe) have 14 bills each.
Barau
Jibrin (APC, Kano) and Biodun Olujimi (PDP, Ekiti) had 13 bills each, followed
by Babajide Omoworare (APC, Osun) who sponsored 12 bills.
Former
Anambra State Governor Theodore Orji (PDP, Abia), Mao Ohuabunwa (PDP, Abia),
and Obinna Ogba (PDP, Ebonyi) sponsored 11 bills each.
While
Isah Misau (APC, Bauchi) and Philip Aduda (PDP, FCT) have 10 bills each, the
trio of Ben Murray-Bruce (PDP, Bayelsa), Umaru Kurfi (APC, Katsina) and David
Umaru (APC, Niger) sponsored nine bills each.
Ekweremadu
who had no bill last year has eight bills now, while Ibrahim Gobir (APC,
Sokoto) also has eight bills.
Senators
Samuel Egwu (PDP, Ebony), Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna), Abdullahi Adamu (APC,
Nasarawa), Olarenwaju Tejuosho (APC, Ogun), Buhari Abdulfatai (APC, Oyo) and
Adesoji Akanbi (APC, Oyo) sponsored seven bills each.
Others
with seven bills are Barnabas Gemade (APC, Benue), Rose Oko (PDP, Cross River),
Francis Alimikhena (APC, Edo), Matthew Urhoghide (PDP, Edo), Chukuwuka Utazi
(PDP, Enugu), Hope Uzodinma (PDP, Imo), Kabiru Gaya (APC, Kano), Olugbenga
Ashafa (APC, Lagos) and Tijjani Yahaya Kaura (APC, Zamfara).
Those
with five bills each are: Aliyu Wamakko (APC, Sokoto), John Enoh (PDP, Cross
River), Peter Nwaboshi (PDP, Delta), Gilbert Nnaji (PDP, Enugu), Samuel Anyanwu
(PDP, Imo), Buruji Kashamu (APC, Ogun), Robert Boroffice (APC, Ondo), Rafiu
Ibrahim (APC, Kwara) and Joshua Dariye(APC, Plateau).
The
senators with four bills are Nelson Effiong (APC, Akwa Ibom), Suleiman Nazif
(APC, Bauchi), Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta), Duro Faseyi (PDP, Ekiti), Joshua
Lidani (PDP, Gombe), Bukar Mustapha (APC, Katsina), Shaaba Lafiagi (APC, Kwara)
and Oluremi Tinubu (APC, Lagos).
Senators
Ali Wakili (APC, Bauchi), Baba Kaka Bashir Garbai (APC, Borno), Bassey Albert
Akpan (PDP, Akwa Ibom), Clifford Ordia (PDP, Edo), Muhammad Shitu (APC,
Jigawa), Abu Ibrahim (APC, Katsina), Adamu Aliero (APC, Kebbi), Ali Sabi
Abdullahi (APC, Niger), Gbolahan Dada (APC, Ogun), Tayo Alasoadura (APC, Ondo),
Monsurat Sunmonu (APC, Oyo) and Muhammed Hassan (PDP, Yobe) had sponsored three
bills each.
Lawmakers
with two bills are: Abdul Aziz Nyako (APC, Adamawa), Ahmad Abubakar (APC, Adamawa),
Godswill Akpabio (PDP, Akwa Ibom), Foster Ogola (PDP, Bayelsa), James Manager
(PDP, Delta), Fatima Raji-Razaki (PDP, Ekiti), Abubakar Gumel (APC, Jigawa),
Danjuma La'ah (PDP, Kaduna), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso (APC, Kano), Ahmed Ogembe
(PDP, Kogi), Olusola Adeyeye (APC, Osun), Emmanuel Bwacha (PDP, Taraba) and
Kabir Marafa (APC, Zamfara).
The
review showed that Saraki, Mark, Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP, Abia), Binta Masi
Garba (APC, Adamawa), Paulker Emmanuel (PDP, Bayelsa), Abubakar Kyari (APC,
Borno), Gershom Bassey (PDP, Cross River), Sonni Ogbuoji (PDP, Ebonyi),
Benjamin Uwajumogu (APC, Imo), Suleiman Hunkuyi (APC, Kaduna), Yahaya Abdullahi
(APC, Kebbi), Atai Aidoko Usman (PDP, Kogi), Philip Gyunka (PDP, Nasarawa),
Suleiman Adokwe (PDP, Nasarawa), and Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf (APC, Taraba)
sponsored one bill each.
The
Executive Director, Friends in the Gap Advocacy Initiative (FGAI), Chief George
Oji said, unlike in the present assembly, bills and motions were thorough, painstakingly
researched, debated and presented in most robust manner.
He
noted that the 8th National Assembly has “a very intimidating credential” so
far “with a total of 96 bills and 72 motions to the credit of the senate and
126 bills in the House of Representatives during the first half of their
four-year tenure.”
"However,
when compared with the content and quality of the bills and motions passed by
the present 8th session viz-a-viz the ones undertaken by the previous sessions,
the advantage of number easily disappears into insignificance,” he said.
“This
is, of course, a reflection of the calibre and quality of the elected
representatives in the National Assembly then. It is doubtful if the same can
be said of the present lawmakers,” he said.
Daily
Trust
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