The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola
Saraki, on Tuesday said the National Assembly was focusing on 11 bills
that would bring the country out of current economic recession.
Saraki made this known in Abuja at the
22nd Nigerian Economic Summit: National Assembly Business Roundtable on
Ensuring a Legislative Framework for Made-in-Nigeria.
He said that 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.
He said that key bills the senate was
taking seriously to see passed into law within one year were
procurement, transportation, Petroleum Industry Bill, among others.
He said that the PIB was delayed due to the unrest in the Niger Delta.
He said, “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 NASSBER was a robust platform promoting the National Assembly and Private Sector partnership.
Fielding questions from newsmen shortly
after, he said that the senate was yet to receive any bill on economic
powers for the executive from President Muhammadu Buhari as being
speculated.
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