The Senate on Wednesday received report of its ad-hoc committee on the 9th Senate Legislative Agenda. Chairman of the committee, Senator Adamu Mohammad Aliero (Kebbi Central) presented the report.
The consideration and adoption of the report is slated for Thursday. This is to enable Senators time to read and digest the report for effective contributions during its debate.
Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan, at election, had promised to fashion a legislative agenda to guide effective performance of Senators.
Senator Aliero listed youth empowerment to curb increasing number of youth unemployment, poverty alleviation to ensure that 100 million Nigerians are lifted out of poverty in the next four years as part of the plank of the agenda.
Aliero also listed legislative framework to tackle the phenomenon of out of school children in the country, creation of special health centres in the six geopolitical zones and reduction of acute housing deficit in the country.
The Kebbi Central senator also listed fashioning legislative measures to further enhance gender equality, infrastructure deficit, increase agricultural production, fast tracking the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and holistic reform of the oil and gas sector as other part of the agenda.
He said the Senate will also work to further block revenue leakages, back anti-corruption, make procurement processes less cumbersome.
He highlighted the Open NASS policy, where the budget of the National Assembly will be in the public glare.
By throwing open the budget of the National Assembly, Nigerians will know that we have nothing to hide, Aliero said.