Nigerian Senate Agenda December 3 2025: Key Bills and Proceedings
On Wednesday, 3rd December 2025, the Nigerian Senate had a packed agenda that included bills seeking to reform the legal profession, classify kidnapping as terrorism punishable by death, and confirm a retired military chief as minister. The sitting also covered concerns about the sale of Lafarge Cement to Chinese investors and a new electoral bill.
The Nigerian Senate sat on Wednesday, 3rd December 2025, with several significant items on its agenda.
Four new bills were introduced for First Reading, including a proposed amendment to the Petroleum Industry Act 2021, a bill to establish a National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation in Jos, Plateau State, and another to set up a National Centre for Renewable Energy in Ewato, Edo State.
For Second Reading, senators were scheduled to debate a bill to repeal and replace the existing Legal Practitioners Act with a new one aimed at reforming the legal profession. A second bill proposed classifying kidnapping and hostage-taking as acts of terrorism, with the death penalty prescribed for convicted offenders — no fine or alternative sentence allowed.
On executive business, the Senate was set to consider President Tinubu's request to confirm General Christopher Gwabin Musa as a minister, in line with the 1999 Constitution.
Two committee reports were also listed: one on the federal government halting the sale of Lafarge Cement Plc to Chinese investors over national security concerns, and another on a bill to repeal and re-enact the Electoral Act 2022.
Several committee meetings were scheduled, including an inaugural sitting of an Ad-hoc Committee investigating the Safe Schools Initiative Programme.
