President Muhanmadu Buhari on Tuesday sought the legalisation and institutionalisation of the Social Investment Programme in Nigeria.
The Senate was also requested to create ten new national parks throughout the country through different letters. Buhari on the Social Investment Programme requested the Senate to consider and approve an executive bill forwarded to it to that effect.
He explained in the letter read in plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, that consideration and passage of the bill would provide the enabling law for effective implementation of the programme geared towards poverty alleviation of vulnerable Nigerians.
He said, “The National Social Investment Programme Establishment Bill seeks to provide a legal and institutional framework for the establishment of the NSIP for the assistance and empowerment of the poor and vulnerable people in Nigeria.”
On the national parks, the President in another letter also read in plenary by Lawan, sought for concurrence of the Senate to National Park Declaration Order made early in the year for the establishment of 10 new national parks across the country.
Buhari in two other separate requests sought the consideration and passage of the National Library Establishment Bill 2022.
The proposed law according to him, would provide the legal framework for the maintenance of the National Library of Nigeria in line with global practices.
The final request of the president to the federal lawmakers dwelt on the consideration and passage of an executive bill on the Federal Produce Inspection Service.
