Nigerian House of Reps Order Paper 22 July 2026: Key Bills

The House of Representatives sat on July 22, 2026, with a wide-ranging agenda. Five new bills were introduced for First Reading, including proposals to amend the Federal Medical Centres Act, establish a Federal College of Nursing and Midwifery in Nkpa Bende, Abia State, and amend the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission Act.

Four bills sponsored by Hon. Julius Ihonvbere reached Third Reading — the final stage before a bill is passed — covering new federal colleges of agriculture and animal health, a federal medical centre in Ogun State, and a nursing college in Imo State.

At Second Reading, lawmakers were set to debate 15 bills, including proposals to establish a National Commission for Rural Infrastructure and Development, empower NDLEA to run drug rehabilitation centres, prohibit unbranded edible oils, amend the Armed Forces Act to improve inter-agency security collaboration, and create a National Council of Traditional Rulers.

Five committee reports were also presented, including one on amending the EFCC Act and another on recovering unpaid freight levies owed to the Nigerian Export Promotion Council by NIMASA. A motion on adopting a drone industrialisation policy to strengthen Nigeria's defence manufacturing was also listed.