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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed eight bills earlier
approved by the National
Assembly.
Among the newly signed bills is the Legislative Houses power
and privileges bill, 2018.
The act allows members of the Nigerian legislature the power
of immunity on discussions during plenary. It also allows the authority to
arrest persons suspected to have acted in negation of the act.
Another law signed by the President is the senior citizens centre
law which provides for a centre that caters for the needs of senior citizens in
the country.
The punch newspaper reports that the other bill include: the
National Institute of Legislative Studies amendment Act, 2018, the avoidance of
Double Taxation Agreement between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the
Kingdom of Spain (Domestication and Enforcement ) Act, 2018; Rail Loan
(International Bank) (Repeal) Act, 2018, Chartered Institute of Project
Managers of Nigeria (Establishment) Act, 2018, Chartered Institute of Local
Government and Public Administration Act, 2018 and Nigeria Agricultural
Quarantine Service (Establishment), Act, 2018.
The report adds that the senior special assistant to the
President on senate matters, Ita Enang informed journalists about the new
development after the signing of the bill on Friday.
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