Sen. Yahaya Oloriegbe

The Senate has passed a bill seeking to establish the Health Education Practitioners Registration Board of Nigeria. The passage of the bill on Tuesday during plenary, followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Health…

The Senate, Tuesday, passed a bill seeking to establish a Federal University of Medical Sciences and Biomedical Technology across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria. The bill was passed during plenary after the chamber considered a…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has announced the constitution of a Conference Committee on the Federal Medical Centres Bill. This was just as the Senate President appointed Sen. Hassan Lawali, who represents Zamfara West, as Chairman of…

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Prof. Mansur Auwalu Bindawa as a Non-Executive Commissioner on the Governing Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The confirmation of the nominee on Tuesday followed the…

The Senate has mandated the Committees on Health, Primary Health Care and Communicable Disease, Works, and Housing to investigate the abandoned N400 billion National Primary Health Center Project initiated by former President Olusegun…

The Senate has called on the Executive arm of Government to review the outstanding payments under the Promissory Notes and Debt Issuance Programme of the Federal Government for submission to the National Assembly. The call was made, on…

Senate, on Tuesday, passed a bill to upgrade the General Hospital, Deba in Gombe State, to a Federal Medical Centre (FMC). The bill was sponsored by Sen. Danjuma Goje (APC, Gombe Central). The bill also sought to provide a legal…

The Senate has passed a bill to establish the National Emergency Medical Services Agency. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary). Chairman of the Committee,…

The Senate has passed a bill for an Act to provide the legal framework to establish Federal Medical Centres in the country, as well as equip and maintain them to provide facilities for diagnosis, rehabilitation and treatment in medicine.…