The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill for concurrence seeking to establish the National Assembly Library Trust Fund.

The bill was sponsored by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North).

In his presentation, Mr Abdullahi said, when established, the trust fund would facilitate research and the provision of library capacity to legislatures and staff of the assembly.

Also passed for concurrence were three other bills namely, Nigerian Council for Management Development Bill, 2022; Animal Health and Husbandry Technologists Registration Board (Establishment) Bill, 2022; and Federal Medical Centre Billiri, Gombe State (Establishment) Bill, 2022.

The bills were also sponsored by Mr Abdullahi.

In a related development, a total of three bills scaled second reading at plenary.

The bills sought to establish the Chartered Institute of Mortgage Bankers and Brokers of Nigeria; the Federal University of Medical Sciences, Gwadabawa, Sokoto State; and the Sickle Cell Disease Research and Treatment Centre.

The bills were sponsored by senators Tolulope Odebiyi (APC-Ogun), Ibrahim Gobir (APC-Sokoto), and Akon Etim Eyakenyi (PDP-Akwa-Ibom), respectively.

The bills, after consideration, were referred to the Committees on Banking, Insurance, and other Financial Institutions; Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND; and Health (Secondary and Tertiary).

The committees were all given four weeks to report back to the chamber in plenary.

(NAN)