The House of Representatives on yesterday passed 19 bills. The bills, which, however, require concurrence of the senate and presidential assent to be made laws, cover areas of concentration of the present administration, including anti-corruption, national minimum wage, strengthening of small and medium businesses, manufacturing sector, among others.
It would be recalled that the House only recently passed 130 bills through first reading on the same day. Many of those bills, it would be noted, have scaled through further legislative processes.
Some of the bills that were passed yesterday included the bill for an Act to amend the Advance Fee Fraud and other related offences, a bill for an Act to Amend the Dangerous Drugs Act, a Bill for an Act to amend the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund Act and a bill for an Act to amend the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act to modify the definition of Bank and Money Instrument, Review the Composition of the Commission and harmonise the tenure of offices of members.
