President Muhammadu Buhari has continued his late-minute moves as he assented to no fewer than eight Bills passed by the ninth National Assembly.
The development was disclosed in a press statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Babajide Omoworare, on Monday.
According to Omoworare, the president’s action was in accordance with Provisions of the Acts Authentication Act Cap. A2, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
He listed the new laws to include the ‘National Social Investment Programme Agency Act’; ‘National Senior Secondary Education Act’.
Also, the president assented to the ‘Federal University of Health Sciences, Ila-Orangun (Establishment) Act’; ‘Federal University of Health Sciences, Azare (Establishment) Act’; ‘Chartered Institute of Development Studies and Administration of Nigeria (Establishment) Act’; ‘Federal Institute of Industrial Research (Establishment) Act’; and the ‘Institute of Strategic Management of Nigeria Act, respectively’.
Omoworare said the National Social Investment Programme Agency was established to assist and empower poor and vulnerable Nigerians, while the National Senior Secondary Education Act, prescribes minimum standards for senior secondary education in Nigeria and the management of National Senior Secondary Education Fund.
