Nigerian Senate Order Paper April 22 2026: Key Bills and Motions
On Wednesday, April 22, 2026, the Nigerian Senate sat to consider five new bills, two committee reports, a motion on ecological degradation in Edo State, and three citizen petitions. The session touched on issues ranging from compulsory CCTV installation to border community development and workers' rights, matters that directly affect millions of Nigerians.
The Nigerian Senate's April 22, 2026 sitting opened with five bills listed for First Reading. Senate Leader Michael Opeyemi Bamidele sponsored two of them: a bill to amend the Federal Medical Centres Act and a bill that would make Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) installation compulsory. Three other bills sought amendments to laws on utility charges, border community development, and introduced a new framework for cleaning up and restoring mining sites.
On committee reports, senators were scheduled to receive findings on amendments to the National Assembly Service Pension Board Act and the National Health Act 2014.
Three citizen petitions were tabled before the Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petitions Committee. They involved a woman whose Lexus car was allegedly seized by Customs in Lagos in 2019, a man who claims he was wrongfully suspended from the Energy Commission of Nigeria in 2015, and a group alleging that the Nigeria Police Force illegally occupied their land in Port Harcourt.
A motion by Sen. Joseph Ikpea called for urgent federal intervention to tackle severe gully erosion and deforestation across five local government areas in Edo Central, urging agencies including NEMA and the Ecological Fund Office to act before the rainy season worsens the damage.
