Nigerian House of Reps Order Paper 11 March 2026: Key Bills
On 11 March 2026, the Nigerian House of Representatives had a packed agenda that included 20 bills listed for first reading, five bills for second or third reading, two motions, and a committee report on Nigeria's communications law. The sitting covered wide-ranging national concerns — from healthcare reform and electoral law to railway infrastructure and chemical technology.
The House of Representatives sat on Wednesday, 11 March 2026, with business spanning legislation, motions, and committee reporting.
Twenty bills were listed for First Reading, the majority sponsored by the Executive arm of government. These covered reforms to federal courts, several healthcare institutions — including a proposed National Hospital for Women and Children, a new National Ear Care Centre, and updates to laws governing doctors, pharmacists, and nurses. A bill to amend the Electoral Act (HB. 2728) and another to establish a Department of State Service Research and Development Bureau were also introduced.
For Second and Third Reading, lawmakers were set to consider a bill establishing a Federal Oil and Gas Hospital in Warri South-East, Delta State (Third Reading), and bills on a Bitumen Development Commission, a Chartered Sustainability Professionals Institute, and a Strategic Intelligence Management Institute (Second Reading).
Two motions were listed. The first sought to recommit previously passed but unsigned bills — including a Polytechnics Act Amendment — back to committee for reconsideration. The second, sponsored by Hon. Omosede Igbinedion, called on the Federal Ministry of Transportation and the Nigerian Railway Corporation to prioritise construction of a Benin-Lagos railway corridor.
The Committee on Communications also presented a report on a colloquium reviewing the Nigerian Communications Act 2003.
