- The lawmakers adopted the report on a Bill for an Act to amend the Federal Character Commission (Establishment) Act, 2010.
The House of Representatives, yesterday, passed a bill for the establishment of a Federal Polytechnic in Daura, Kastina.
Daura is President Muhammadu Buhari’s hometown of.
The House also passed for Third Reading, bills for the establishment of eight other tertiary institutions across the country.
The new institutions, which received the nod of the Green Chamber, include the Federal Capital University of Science and Technology, Abaji; Federal University of Agriculture, Jalingo; Federal Polytechnic, Kaltungo, Gombe State and the Federal Polytechnic, Mpu, Enugu State, where Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu comes from.
Others are Federal College of Education, Sabon Birni, Sokoto; Federal College Education (Special) Birnin, Jigawa State; College of Education (Technical), Onna, Akwa-Ibom and Federal Polytechnic, Malumfashi, Kastina State.
According to the chairman, Committee on Tertiary Education, Aminu Suleman, there are about 100 bills seeking establishment of tertiary institutions in different parts of the country.
At the Committee of the Whole, yesterday, also endorsed dual citizenship for married women in the country.
The lawmakers adopted the report on a Bill for an Act to amend the Federal Character Commission (Establishment) Act, 2010.
The amendment gives married women in the country an optiion of choosing whether to claim indigeneship from their areas of origin or their marital homes.
Meanwhile, the House also approved the Electoral Act, 2010, Amendment Bill, after rescinding some clauses, in line with the president’s request.
It is expected that the bill would read for the third time and passed by the House before the end of the week.
