President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Tuesday present the N47.9 trillion 2025 Appropriation Bill before the Joint Session of the National Assembly.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who confirmed the joint session of National Assembly, also said at the close of plenary yesterday, that senators would first converge on the Senate chambers before proceeding to the Chamber of the House of Representatives to receive the President.
Also yesterday, a Bill to address a fundamental challenge facing the skills gap between education and the labour market and the need for robust, job-oriented training for the workforce got a boost from members.
It scaled the second reading.
Akpabio referred it to the relevant Senate Committee for further legislative work and to report back to plenary in four weeks.
The bill was sponsored by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Mohammed Sani Musa (APC – Niger East).
Musa in his lead debate noted that the Bill is not just about training, it is about economic transformation and other benefits like job creation by equipping Nigerians with in-demand skills.
He said the proposed law aimed at creating a pipeline of job-ready individuals for local industries and entrepreneurship.
With practical skills, he stated, more Nigerians will be empowered to start their own businesses and contribute to economic diversification.
Another Bill seeking to amend the Federal Colleges of Education Act to establish a Federal College of Education Igbekebo, Ondo State, also scaled second reading in the Senate.
The Bill was referred to the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND to report at plenary in four weeks.
Its sponsor, Senator Ibrahim Jimoh (APC – Ondo South), said, “the Bill was read for the First Time in this Hallowed Chamber on Thursday, October 12, 2023.
“The existence of a sound and robust educational system in any country is predicated on the availability of qualified and well trained teachers to impact the required knowledge on the students.
“Thus, the need to have a strong system in our educational sector that shall continuously produce well qualified and trained teachers as it is obtainable in other developed countries cannot be overemphasized”.
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