The Senate, on Tuesday, approved the conference committee
report on the Nigeria Postal Services Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2022.
The Senate also confirmed the nomination of Professor Mansur
Auwalu Bindawa as a Non-Executive Commissioner on the Governing Board of the
Nigerian Communications Commission.
Bindawa’s confirmation on Tuesday followed the consideration
of a report by the Senate Committee on Communications.
The report was laid and presented by Senator Yahaya
Oloriegbe (Kwara Central), on behalf of the Committee Chairman, Senator Oluremi
Tinubu (Lagos Central).
Oloriegbe, in his presentation, said Bindawa’s nomination by
President Muhammadu Buhari, was in compliance with the provisions of Sections
5(3); 8(1); and 11(2) of the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003.
He added that the nominee met the statutory requirements
regarding his professional and educational competence for appointment as
Non-Executive Commissioner on the NCC Governing Board.
He disclosed that preliminary checks did not reveal any
record of indictment against the nominee by any administrative/judicial panel
or court of law for abuse of office or criminal offence.
The nominee was confirmed after the consideration and
adoption of the Committee’s report.
…Conference committee
report on NIPOST Bill approved
The conference committee report on the Nigeria Postal
Services Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2022 was approved following the
consideration of the conference committee report on the bill after it was laid
by the Deputy Senate Leader, Robert Ajayi Boroffice (Ondo North).
Boroffice, in his presentation, said the Conference
Committee met and deliberated on the two versions of the bill as passed by the
two Chambers.
“The Committee observed that the version passed by the House
of Representatives included further amendments made on the version passed by
the Senate which exhaustively incorporates issues that are acceptable to
majority of stakeholders in the Nigerian Postal industry.
“As part of the process of further engagement with the
stakeholders, new facts and positions emerged and these have been fully
articulated and incorporated in the version of the House of Representatives”,
the lawmaker explained.
He explained that after extensive deliberations, the
Conference Committee resolved and adopted the Senate Version in Clauses 3(3):
28(5): 35(1); and 36(1) while Clauses 8(1); 9(n); 10(1); 33(t); 68(2)(b); 72(1)
and 75 of the House of Representatives’ version of the Bill were adopted.
The Senate, thereafter, approved the Conference Committee
report on the NIPOST bill, 2022.
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