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FOURTH REPUBLIC

7TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

FIRST SESSION

No.H3

363

HOUSE OF REPRESENT TIVES

FEDER L REPU LIC OF NIGERI

OR ER P PER

Tuesday, 7 February, 2012

1. Prayers

2. Approval ofthe Votesand Proceedings

3. Oaths

4. Announcements i any

5. Petitions if any

6. Matter s ofUrgent Public Importance

7. Personal Explanation

PRESENTATION OF BILLS

1. National Building Code (Enforcement, etc.) Bill, 2011 (HB. 96) tHon. Rose O. O ko - F irst R ea din g.

2. Forest Area Development Commission (Establishment, etc.) Bill, 2011 (HB. 116) Hon. Ch ri st op he r S. Eta

- First Reading.

3. National Planning Commission Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2011 (HB. 142) Hon. Rose O . Oko

- First Reading.

4. Federal Scholarship Board of Nigeria (Establishment, etc.) Bill , 2011 (HB. 145) H on . Y usu f A yo T aju deen

an d 43 O th er s - F irs t R ea di ng .

5. Nigerian Electoral Offences Commission Bill, 2011 (HB. 146) H on. John D yegh - F irst R eading.

6. Federal Capital Territory Board of Internal Revenue Bill,

2011

(HB.

147)

Ron. Isah Egall D obl - First

Reading.

7. Acts Authentication Act (Amendment) Bill, 2011 (HB. 154) H on. A li A hm ad - F irst R eading.

8. Crime Victims Compensation Bill, 2011 (HB. 156) H on. A li A hm ad - F irst R eading.

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No. 113

PRESENTATION OF REPORT

Committees on Commerce and Industry:

Hon. Sylvester Ogbaga:

That this House do receive the Report of the Committees on Commerce and Industry on the Need to

Investigate the Influx of Substandard Goods into Nigeria Ref er re d: 5 /10 /2011 .

ORDERS OF THE DAY

MOTIONS

1. Devastating Gully Erosion Threatening to Annihilate and Cut off Entire Communities of the Ikot

Ekpene, Essien Udim and Obot Akara Federal Constituency of Akwa Thom State and Some Parts of

Abia State:

Hon, Saviour Friday Udoh:

The House:

Notes

that due to natural ecological disposition and the torrential rains experienced every year , the

communities of Ikot Ukpong, Imama, Ikot Mboho, Nko, Nto Edino, Nto Ide, Ikot Erne, Ikot Abasi Eduo,

Usaka Annang, Ikot Otu, Nto Ebikan Ikot Inyang, Oku Obom and Umk Uso all in Obot Akara and

EkpenyongAtai 1, Ekpenyong Atai 2, Ukana West 1, Ukan West 2, OkonlkotArna, lkotOko, Ikot Uko Eto,

Ikot Ocho, Ikot Ama all in Essein Udim Local Government Area and Mbiaso, Nkap, Ukpap and Esa Atan

in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State, Ariam and Achara in Abia State are gradually

being eroded, devastated and submerged;

Fu rt he r n ot es that these communities are in inuninent danger of being submerged and completely wiped out

of the face of the earth by ramping disaster;

Worried that the lives and properties of majority of our Nigerian citizens living in this devastated front are

not protected by the appropriate authorities;

Disturbed that delay or failure to check this dangerous trend would exterminate the lives and destroy, beyond

apprehension, the properties of our people unfortunately residing within these areas;

Concerned that if urgent action is not taken to forestall the current disheartening situation, the economic

viable Communities in both Akwa Ibom and Abia State that inhabit this area may face the danger of being

adversely affected and may bee annihilated from the face of the earth;

Aware that an ecological matter is the responsibility of the Federal Government to address;

R eso lv es to :

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Urge the Federal Ministries of Environment and Niger Delta to speedily carry out ecological study

and assessment of these Communities in order to take necessary actions to savage Nigerians residing

within the affected areas;

il mandate the Committees on Environment and Niger Delta to investigate this matter and report their

findings to the House within four weeks.

2. Deteriorating State of the Transport Scheme of Abuja Urban Mass Transport Company:

Hon. Stella Ngwu Hon, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi Hon. Dakuku Peterside

Hon, Isa Egah Dobi Hon. Ozomgbachi Ogbuefi Bon, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha

Hon. Jisalo Zephaniah Hon. Betty Apiafi Hon. Arua Arunsi

Hon. James Onyereri Hon. Uwazurike Chudi Hon. Patrick Ikhariale

The House:

Aware

that the Abuja Urban Transport Company Limited was established by the Federal Capital Territory

Administration with the aim of helping to alleviate the transport challenges and problems of citizens dwelling

in and around Abuja;

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Fur th er a wa re that the Administration under Malam Nasir El-Rufai spent over 1.5billion Naira to procure

about 192 buses, plying different routes within the city and connecting the satellite towns at affordable prices;

Worried that presently less than 30 out of the 192 buses are functional and that no new buses has been added;

Fur th er w o rr ie d that over 160 buses procured with public fund are now not road worthy and as such they are

lying waste due to lack of maintenance;

Concerned that the situation has increased the suffering of the masses with respect to their movement from

one area to the other in Abuja and also suggest lack of maintenance culture, and waste in the public sector

of our economy;

Disturbed that the situation has also led to increase in the transportation fares payable by the masses and

further increase may occur in future if the situation is not redressed;

Desirous of fmding out the reasons behind the deteriorating state of the transport scheme and taking necessary

steps to address same.

R eso lv es to :

Mandate the Committees on Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area

Council and Ancillary Matters to investigate the deteriorating state of the transport scheme of the Abuja

Urban Mass Transport Company Limited, make recommendations on how to realize the objectives of setting

up the scheme and report to the Honse within two (2) weeks.

3. Need to Rehabilitate and upgrade Ibadan Airport:

Hon. Abiodun Awoleye:

The House:

Notes

that Ibadan Airport was established and formally commissioned by former Senate President Dr Joseph

Wayas on June 24th, 1983;

Fu rt he r n ot es

that there is inadequate security at the Airport;

Worried that luggages are manually examined by the law enforcement agents at the screening points;

Fu rt he r wo rr ie d that there is no functional modem x-ray machine to screen passengers and luggages;

Aware that the weighing scale being used is obsolete and so its reliability is greatly in doubt;

Regrets that there is no barrier whatsoever between the intending passenger and their relative/escorts, thereby

leading to free communication and interactions between already checked-in passengers and their relatives;

Concerned

that the perpetrators of criminal acts can infiltrate the porous security thereby posing threat to the

security of about 400 air passengers that travel through the airport on a daily basis;

Furt he r a wa re that Ibadan Airport was not included in the list of five (5) airports recently approved by

Federal Executive Council to be upgraded.

R eso lv es to :

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Urge the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to see the security situation of the Airport;

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mandate the Committees on Appropriations and Aviation to ensure that the fund needed for the

rehabilitation and upgrading of the Ibadan Airport is included in the year 2012 Budget.

4 Non-Compliance to Expatriate Quota by Foreign Multinationals:

Hon. Essien Ekpenyong Ayi Hon. John Owan Enoh

Hon. Nneona Elendu Ukeje Hon. H. Asita

Hon. Abubakar Momoh Hon. Chris Eta

Bon, Bassey Eko Ewa

Hon. Arua Arunsi

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Hon, Beni Lar

Hon. Segun Wiliams

Hon. Nkoyo Toyo

The House:

Hon. Odebunmi O. Dokun

Hon. Rose Oko

Hon. Samuel Asuquo

Hon. A1iyu Ahman-Pategi

Hon. Frank Adah

Hon. Aminu Suleiman:

Notes that the Nigerian Immigration Act of 1963, 1972 and 1990, Cap. 171 as amended conferred on the

Nigerian Investment Promotion Council powers to grant expatriate quota to companies seeking to employ

expatriates in Nigeria among other functions;

Fur th er n ote s that the Act mandates such expatriates to apply and receive approvals from the Board of such

multinational companies before making any application for expatriate's quota approvals to the Federal

Ministry of Interior or any other agency of government charged with the responsibility;

Aware that such approvals are usually for 2 - 3 years renewable and limited to four (4) expatriates in the first

instance;

Furt he r a wa re

that approvals are to be granted as a result of non-availability of local experts in the position

to be occupied;

Concerned

that the objective is to fill up inadequate supply of manpower, train local manpower, attract

foreign investment and transfer of technology;

Observes that in recent times, there have been avalanche of petitions, complaints and Newspaper publications

of improper application of the Expatriate Quota;

Alarmed

that the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in their recent report put the unemployment rate at

21.7 translating to 32.5 million unemployed Nigerians, meanwhile, some Multinational Companies are

alleged to have in their employment over 300 expatriates in positions that could be filled by Nigerians;

Worried that these Multinational Companies abuse our expatriate laws and disregard the effort of Government

to provide employment for her teeming able-bodied and unemployed population.

R eso lv es to :

Direct

the Committees on Employment, Labour and Productivity, and Interior to investigate all the allegations

and report back to the House within four weeks.

5. Need to investigate Recurrent Escape of Terror Crime suspects from the Custody of some Security

Agencies:

Hon. Bitrus B. Kaze Hon. Ossai N. Ossai Hon. Chris Azubogu

Hon. Emmanuel Jime Hon. Jagaba Adams Jagaba Hon. Bitrus J. Zaphaniab

Hon. Yakubu Barde Hon. Adenekan Taiwo O. Hon, Peter

Ali

Hon. Stella Ngwu

The House:

Notes, with dismay the apparent upsurge in terror related incidences with the attendant consequences on the

lives and properties of innocent Nigerians and indeed Foreign Nationals;

Aware that concerted efforts are being made by government and all security agencies which has led to the

arrest of persons suspected to be masterminds of terrorist acts across the nation;

Concerned

by recent revelations that suspected terrorist have infiltrated all arms of government and security

agencies;

Worried

that after being trailed, arrested and detained, certain terror suspects have escaped from the custody

of some security agencies invery questionable circumstances which completely ridiculed our national security

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Disturbed th at th e b un glin g o f s uch sec urity m atte rs is n ow b ec om in g a p attern g iv in g ris e to p ub lic an xie ty

o ver th e p oten tial d an ge r p os ed b y th e d isa pp earan ce o f s us pecte d m as term in ds o f te rro ris ts ac ts w ho co uld

return w ith greater fury as w as repo rted to be the case in the A ugust 2011 U nited N ation s H ouse bom bing;

Propelled

by patriotic quest to w ork assiduo usly in order to ensure m axim um security and w ell being of all

citizens in line w ith relevant sections of the Constitution of the Federal R epublic of N igeria 1999 (as

am en de d) a nd o ur le gis la tiv e a ge nd a;

Determined to reverse this neg ative tren d w hich has severely dented our national im age and have furth er

e xp os ed in no ce nt N ig er ia n tr av ele rs to rid ic ule , n ee dle ss emba rr as sm e nts a nd u nto ld h ar ds hip s.

R eso lv es to :

Mand ate th e Comm itte es o n N atio na l S ec ur ity a nd P ub lic S af ety a nd A rmy to c on du ct th or ou gh in ve stig atio ns

of circum stances leading to the escape of tw o terror suspects at the 33 A rtillery B rigade B auchi, 26 arm ed

m erc en aries w ho w ere arre sted in J os b ut es ca ped from P olic e cu sto dy a t t he F orce H ead qu arte rs , A bu ja, th e

s urre ptitio us esc ap e o f a n alleg ed terro r k in gp in o ne M allam A ly u T is hau an d es ca pe from P olice cu sto dy th e

p rim e s usp ect o f M ad alla C hristm as d ay b om bin gs, m ak e ap pro priate rec on un en datio ns an d rep ort b ack to

the H ouse w ithin three w eeks.

BILLS

6. A B ill for an A ct to Establish the N igerian Infrastructure D evelopm ent B ank for the Purpose of E ncouraging

Io fra stru ctu ra l D ev elo pm en t an d O th er M atters R elated T he re to , 2 01 1 (HB .1 08 ) -

S econ d Readi ng .

7. A B ill for an Act to Provide for the Establishm ent and Operation of a Program to enable C ertain Persons to

r ec eiv e P ro te ctio n in R ela tio n to c er ta in In qu ir ie s, I nv es tig atio ns o r P ro se cu tio ns , 2 01 1 (HB .I lS ) -

Second

Reading.

8. A Bill for an Act to Provide for the N igerian Socio-Cultural Content in Educational Curricular for the

P romotio n a nd Enc ou ra geme nt o f N atio na l In te gr atio n a nd fo r Ma tte rs Co nn ec te d T he rewith , 2 01 1 (HB . 1 24 )

- Second Reading.

CO NSIDERATION OF REPOR T

9. Committees on Health, Commerce, Industries, D rugs, Narcotics and Financial C rimes:

H on. N dudi E lum elu:

That this H ouse do consider the Report of the Com mittees on Health, Com merce, Industries, D rugs,

N arco tics an d F in an cial C rim es o n F ed era l G ov ernme nt s w ith draw al o f N atio nal A gen cy fo r F oo d, D ru gs

A dmin is tr atio n a nd Co ntr ol (NAFDAC) a nd S ta nd ard s O rg an iz atio n o f N ig er ia n ( SON ), f rom N ig er ia n P orts

and Borders and its negative effects and implications to the N igerian C itizens and approve the

Recommendat ion s the rein

La id : 20 /12 /2011 .

T he C omm itte es re co mmen ds:

(/) That the House Resolution (HR. 4112011 o n F ed era l G ov ernmen t w ith draw al o f N atio na l A gen cy

fo r F oo d, D ru gs A dm in istratio n an d C on tro l (NAFDAC ) an d S tan dard s O rg an iza tio n o f N ig erian

(SON) from the N igerian Ports and B orders and its negative effects and im plications to the

N ig er ia n c it iz en s b e sus ta in ed ;

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that the N ational A gency for Food, D rugs A dm inistration and C ontrol (N AFD AC ), Standards

O rgan ization o f N igerian (S ON ), and N ational D rug L aw E nforcem ent A gency (N DL EA ) should

re main at th e N ig erian P orts an d B ord ers in o rd er to en ab le th e A gen cies d is ch arg e th eir sta tu to ry

duties;

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th at th e F ed eral G ov ernmen t sh ou ld en gag e stak eh old ers in th e p orts an d tra nsp ort se cto r to ag ree

on the tim e fram e for easy clearance of goods and containers at the P orts;


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that the Minister of Finance should be advised against making unguided statements on sensitive

national issues since it was discovered that she did not seek the approval of Mr. President before

making the statement as at October

10 , 2 01 1

when she announced the withdrawal of the National

Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Standards Organization of

Nigerian (SON) and other Agencies from the Ports and Borders;

v that the Ports Concessionaire PORTS AND CARGO HANDLING SERVICES LTD should do the

following:

a write a letter of apology to National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and its two

staff namely Sa'ad Baffah Haladu and Akande Kehinde who were prevented from

performing their statutory duties at the Ports on October 31, 20 11 and the said letter of

apology shall be published in a National Newspaper (preferably THIS DAY NEWSPAPER)

as agreed to by the parties,

b

to tender an apology for damaging the Identity Card of an officer with the National Drug

Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) while performing his official duties,

c to pay all expenses incurred by National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and

Control (NAFDAC) with respect to its appearance before the Committee;

(vi)

that the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Standards

Organization of Nigerian (SON) and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) be

commended for their efforts in ensuring that fake, substandard products, food and illicit drugs are

not allowed into the country;

vii that the Committee on Legislative Compliance should ensure that the above House Resolutions are

promptly communicated to affected Government Agencies and Officers by the Clerk to the National

Assembly;

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that the prompt response of the Nigeria Custom Service (NCS) to the invitation by the Joint

Committee is highly commended, and therefore urge the NCS to keep it up.

10. Committees on Environment and Emergency Disaster Preparedness:

Hon. Tobias Okwure:

That this House do consider the Report of the Committees on Environment and Emergency Disaster

Preparedness on the Investigative Tour of Flood Disaster Areas in Cross River State and approve the

Recommendations therein

La id : 6 /12 /2011 .

T he C omm itte es r ec omm en ds :

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That there should be a collaborative action among all strata of governments for a lasting solution

on the problems of natural disaster in the State;

This should include a seismic study of the geology of the areas. This is with a view to unravel the

course of the continuous sliding of the soil that has assumed the character of landslide than mere

erosion;

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that the State Government should be more forthright in enforcing building codes while at the same

time updating urban planning and policies cum environmental laws.

11. Committee on Federal Capital Territory:

Hon, Emmanuel Jime:

That this House do consider the Report of the Committee on Federal Capital Territory on the Urgent Need

to Construct Pedestrian Bridges along the Nnamdi Azikiwe By-Pass, Abuja and approve the

Recommendations therein

La id : 3 11212012 .

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The Commit te e r ecommends :

Adeq uate ap prop riatio n to cap ital p ro jects in the F ed eral C ap ital T errito ry A dm inis tration (F CTA) 20 12

budget. This w ould go a long way in addressing issues of developm ent in the Federal C apital Territory

A dm in is tra tio n ( FCTA) w ith c on comita nt b en efits to a ll N ig eria ns re sid in g in th e F ed er al C ap ita l T err ito ry .

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