The Senate on Tuesday passed two amendment bills seeking to strengthen local manufacturing and improve procurement professional practice in Nigeria.
The bills are the Raw Materials Research and Development Council Act (Amendment) Bill, 2026 and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management of Nigeria (Establishment) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2026.
The passage followed the rescission of the Senate’s earlier decisions on the bills and their recommittal to the Committee of the Whole for further legislative work.
Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, who moved the motion for rescission and recommittal, said both bills had earlier been passed by the National Assembly and transmitted to President Bola Tinubu for assent.
Bamidele said the Federal Ministry of Justice subsequently identified fundamental issues in the bills requiring further legislative consideration and clarification.
According to him, the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (Amendment) Bill seeks to protect and develop Nigeria’s local manufacturing and processing industries, while the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management of Nigeria (Amendment) Bill seeks to accommodate global developments in procurement professional practice.
He disclosed that President Tinubu returned the bills to the National Assembly with observations for reconsideration and necessary amendments.
Bamidele added that a technical committee comprising representatives of both chambers of the National Assembly and legal drafting experts was constituted to examine the issues raised in the President’s observations.
He said the exercise was necessary to ensure legal clarity, consistency and proper drafting before final passage.
Following the adoption of the motion, the Senate rescinded its earlier decisions and recommitted both bills to the Committee of the Whole.
At the Committee of the Whole, the lawmakers considered the bills clause-by-clause and adopted the recommended amendments.
The bills were thereafter read for the third time and passed.
