Senate rescinds decision passes reworked Energy Commission Bill
Tunde Opalana, Abuja
The Nigerian Senate has once again passed the amended Energy Commission bill to be sent to President Muhammadu Buhari for his assent
Recall that the President had returned the unsigned bill back to the National Assembly
After a clause by clause consideration of the gray areas pointed by the president, the upper chamber at plenary on Thursday passed the bill.
This followed a motion by the Leader of Senate, Ahmed Lawan titled ‘Withholding of Assent’.
The Senate recalled that the President C-in-C had signified the withholding of his assent on the Energy Commission Act (Amendment) Bill, 2019 pursuant to section 58(4) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).
The Senate dissolved into the Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the affected clauses (2,3,5,8 and 9) on which the parliament rescinded its earlier decisions in line with recommendations of Mr. President.
Senate reverted to plenary and reported progress and accordingly resolved to:
rescind it’s decision on the affected clauses of the bill as agreed at the Committee of the Whole and the bill was passed.
