Nigerian Senate Agenda: Health Bills, Electoral Act Overhaul & Edo Erosion Crisis — Feb 3, 2026

Key Agenda Items

• Senate Leader Bamidele sponsored three healthcare bills at first reading, covering federal medical centres, specialty hospitals, and orthopedic hospitals.
• A committee report on repealing and replacing the Electoral Act 2022 (SB. 903) was scheduled for consideration, a move that could reshape Nigeria's election framework.
• A motion called on federal agencies — including the Ecological Fund Office and NEMA — to urgently intervene in dangerous gully erosion sites destroying communities across Esan Land in Edo Central.
• The Senate was also scheduled to vote on confirming Justice Joseph Olubunmi Kayode Oyewole as a new Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
• A bill to establish an Institute of Technology and Innovation in Paiko, Niger State, was listed for first reading, sponsored by Sen. Mohammed Sani Musa.