By Terfa Naswem
The Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki as a result of his unreserved commitment to transforming Nigeria, he has made many impact on various aspects of Nigeria's existence.
Here are highlights of some of the numerous impact Saraki has made:
*He ensured that amnesty programme is well funded. He said that the N10billion out of the N38.2 billion was not acceptable.
*He encouraged the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Agency (Est, etc)
Bill, 2017(SB. 535) which was sponsored by Senator Chukwu Utazi.
*He met with students of LAUTECH and resolved the 2-year strike that
has affected over 30,000 students since 2015.
*He motivated the newly appointed electoral commissioners to ensure
free and fair election and should display the highest level of
discipline and patriotism for transparent and crisis free election.
*He supported and influenced Not TooYoung To Run Bill.
*He initiated the Constitution Review.
*He supported the actualization of the Legislative Network for
Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
*He supported the Nigerian Peace Corps Bill ( SB. 173 and SB. 183).
*He encouraged the presentation of the Nigerian Customs Service
Pension Board (Est, Etc) Bill 2017 (SB. 538) by Senator Ali Wakili.
*He supported the surgery for 6-year Boko Haram victim, Ali Ahmadu in
United Arab Emirates (UAE) to enable the boy walk again.
*He supported and influenced the passage of the Free, Compulsory Education Bill.
*He encouraged Nigerians to lobby their legislators on issues that
affect them and he will give them all the support at the Senate.
*He supported and influenced the alignment of Education Curriculum
with Industry Requirements.
*He encouraged and supported the passage of the Existing Vacancies
Bill to Curb illegal recruitment.
*He drew support from US Congress over North East Development and security.
*He initiated, supported and influenced the Local Government Autonomy
Bill and INEC to conduct LG elections.
*He initiatied, supported and influenced the amended of the Electoral
Act to bring full electronic voting into force for free and fair
election to be conducted in Nigeria.
*He and Dogara initiated, supported and influenced the North East
Development Bill (NEDC) which was signed to law by President Buhari,
now the NEDC Act which will bring major developments to the North
East, especially parts ravaged by Boko Haram Insurgency.
*He is working on initiatives to increase private sector participation
in the Economy to make Nigeria viable.
*He is working with different foreign missions on giving legislative
backing to building strong trade relationship and domesticating
bilateral agreements that will help reposition Nigeria as the true
giant of Africa.
These are just few of the many impact Saraki has made. He promised to
continue to do more till the desired impact is made.
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