Senate working on bills to end economic recession – Saraki

The Senate President, Dr.  Bukola Saraki, has said that the National Assembly was working on 11 bills that would bring the country out of current economic recession. He made this known in Abuja at the 22nd Nigerian Economic Summit.

According to him, the assembly was committed to pushing the bills to ensure that they transformed the country’s economy, adding that the legislature was also pro-business and pro-private sector, adding “we are working seriously to see it passed into law within one year from now. They are procurement, transportation, Petroleum Industry Bill, among others”.

He said that the Petroleum Industry Bill was delayed due to the unrest in the Niger Delta.

“We are treating the issue of the economy with urgency and in Procurement Act Amendment; we have made provision to protect the interest of Made-in-Nigeria.”

Saraki added that the National Assembly Business Environment Roundtable (NASSBER) was a robust platform promoting the National Assembly and Private Sector partnership.

He told journalists on the sideline of the Summit that the Senate was yet to receive any bill on economic powers for the executive from President Muhammadu Buhari as being speculated.