Nigerian House of Reps Order Paper: July 8 2026 Key Bills

The House of Representatives sat on Wednesday, 8 July 2026, with several major items on the agenda.

Six bills were listed for First Reading, including a proposed amendment to the constitution (Sixth Alteration Bill, 2026), a bill to establish a National Agro-Industrial Development Authority, and a bill to amend the NAFDAC Act.

At Third Reading, meaning they were near final passage, were bills to overhaul merchant shipping law, establish chartered institutes for entrepreneurship consultants, mortgage bankers, university administrators, and financial analysts, and a bill on climate-resilient commerce.

At Second Reading were bills to establish a new university in Kaduna named after General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, create a commission to implement the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement in Nigeria, amend the Pension Reform Act 2014, and establish a National Food Reserve Agency.

Committee reports presented included one on a Nigerian Fintech Regulatory Commission, a Federal Medical Centre for Monguno in Borno State, tuberculosis-related discrimination protections, and a review of Global Fund grants received by Nigeria between 2021 and 2025.

A motion was also tabled calling for executive action to stop ransom cash payments and strengthen anti-money laundering enforcement in Nigeria.