President Muhammadu Buhari today put his assent to eight bills. One of the bills is the Legislative House Powers and Privileges Act which grants legislators immunity from litigation for actions taken in plenary or committee proceedings of the House or committee in the Senate.
Briefing State House correspondents after the President signed the bills into law the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly matters, Senator Ita Enang said the bills are the National Senior Citizens Center Act, 2018; the National Institute of Legislative Studies (Amendment) Act, 2018; and Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Kingdom of Spain (Domestication and Enforcement ) Act, 2018.
Others are Rail Loan (International Bank) (Repeal) Act, 2018; Chartered Institute of Project Managers of Nigeria (Establishment) Act, 2018; Chartered Institute of Local Government and Public Administration Act, 2018 and Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (Establishment) Act, 2018.
