The Senate has passed the National Identity Management Commission Repeal and Enactment Bill 2025.
The passage yesterday was sequel to the presentation as
a Rescission and Re-committal of the National Identity Management Commission (Repeal & Enactment) Bill, 2025 by the Senate leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, APC, Ekiti Central.
In his presentation, Senator Bamidele who noted that the National Assembly observed some fundamental issues that required fresh legislative action on the bill after its initial passage, said that the technical committee of the Senate, House of Representatives, and the Directorate of Legal Services met and worked on the bill.
According to him, the Senate, relying on its order 1b and 52b of its standing orders, resolved to rescind its decision on the bill as passed and re-committed it to the Senate for consideration.
The Senate leadership said, “The Senate: Recalls that the National Identity Management Commission (Repeal & Enactment) Bill, 2025 was passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives and was forwarded to the Clerk to the National Assembly for onward transmission to the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for Assent;
“Informed that after critical examination of the Bill, the Directorate of Legal Services of the National Assembly observed some fundamental issues which require fresh legislative action on the Bill.
“”Aware that a Technical Committee of the Senate, the House of Representatives and the Directorate of Legal Services met and worked on the Bill; and
Relying on order 1(b) and 52(6) of the Senate Standing Orders,
“Accordingly resolves to: Rescind its decision on the Bill as passed and re-commit same to the Committee of the Whole for re-consideration and passage.
After a clause-by-clause consideration of the bill at the Committee of the Whole, the bill was passed.
In his remarks, the President of Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio who thanked the lawmakers and other critical stakeholders for their inputs on the bill, expressed his belief that President Bola Tinubu would sign the bill into law when it is transmitted.
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