By NAN 08 December 2021 | 2:10 pm The Senate says it is working on plans to amend its Standing Rules, adopted in 2015. Nigerian Senate PHOTO: Facebook/Nigerian Senate/TopeBrown The Senate says it is working on plans to amend its Standing Rules, adopted in 2015. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, disclosed this on Wednesday during plenary, adding that the decision was to update the rules in line with current realities. The senate president explained that the amendment would allow the Senate to accommodate committees created under the 8th Assembly and not captured in the standing rules. “The copies of the proposals will be distributed today and the idea is for all of us to study them between now and Monday, and on Tuesday we will look into them. “So, if any of us has any idea of an additional thing or suggestion on what has been introduced by Tuesday we should be able to have our positions. “It is inevitable that the standing orders as they are today have to be amended for us to be up-to-date in everything that we do here,” he said. Latest 2 mins ago Innovation in the financial sector is moving at an unbelievable speed. Every minute, there’s a new idea to build and every dawn, there’s a new financial solution that opens up the world to greater possibilities. Despite this innovative boom, there is an urgent call to drive socio-economic transformation by designing financial solutions that are equally accessible to everyone and anyone. 19 mins ago Tottenham manager Antonio Conte said on Wednesday that eight players and five members of staff had tested positive for coronavirus and he expected more confirmed cases. 31 mins ago Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has reacted to media reports alleging that about 1 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine expired in Nigeria last month. 37 mins ago The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said it had received 180 more Nigerian returnees from Libya through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. 1 hour ago The Senate says it is working on plans to amend its Standing Rules, adopted in 2015.
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