By Sanni Onogu, Abuja
Senators Tuesday vowed to reject a proposed Water Resources Bill when it is presented to the Senate.

The Bill which has already scaled first reading in the House of Representatives has continued to generate controversy.

There are however indications that the Bill would likely be presented to the Senate on resumption from their current break on September 15.



Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, told reporters in Abuja that even though the Bill is yet to surface on the floor of the Senate, it would not be allowed to see the light of day when it is eventually presented.

“We have not seen it in the Senate. When it comes we will reject as before,” Abaribe said in a terse text message in reply to an enquiry on the Bill by a reporter in Abuja.

On her part, Senator Biodun Olujimi, said Senators would not support any Bill that may be injurious to Nigerians.

Olujimi told reporters during an interview in Abuja that Senators would stand up against any legislation capable of disrupting the fragile peace in the country.

She said: “The truth is that I am not aware of that Bill at all. However, anything that will injure our people, some of us will never be part of it.

“We will speak up against it when the time comes because nobody would be allowed to injure our people.

“We will not allow any legislation to ruin the fragile peace that we have in this country.


“We will not allow our fragile peace to be destroyed as a result of any political, personal or ethno-religious reasons.

“We won’t allow it because we are one entity and we must fight for the people of Nigeria.

“The Bill which is currently being treated at the House of Representatives would require the concurrence of the Senate and when the time comes, we won’t let it just fly like that.

https://thenationonlineng.net/senators-vow-to-reject-water-resources-bill/

That bill is purely evil

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Olujimi told reporters during an interview in Abuja that Senators would stand up against any legislation capable of disrupting the fragile peace in the country.

She said: “The truth is that I am not aware of that Bill at all. However, anything that will injure our people, #some of us will never be part of it#



https://thenationonlineng.net/senators-vow-to-reject-water-resources-bill/

That is to say that they know that there people who are their to hurt the citizens


That is to say that

The same rubberstamp senate that is forcing the social media regulation and hate speech bill down the throat of Nigerians? Abeg make we hear word.

Please we need to understand the implication of the bill.

anibi9674:
Please we need to understand the implication of the bill.

Government takes over all water bodies and the land across them..

What it means is that the Ruga that was rejected could easily be implemented considering that the FG will have access to land across the nation due to presence of water bodies in the nation.

What derailed the Ruga was because the State governors are the ones empowered under the Land use act of the constitution.

Again indigenous fisherman and indigenes have no say... That it is widely rejected by many people

If the bill is against the collective interest of Nigerians, then I support the Senate on this.

ggirl4real:
If the bill is against the collective interest of Nigerians, then I support the Senate on this.

Which Senate Abaribe, Olujimi, pdp stalwarts? APC National Assembly will pass the bill in due time.

Dikebuka:


Government takes over all water bodies and the land across them..

What it means is that the Ruga that was rejected could easily be implemented considering that the FG will have access to land across the nation due to presence of water bodies in the nation.

What derailed the Ruga was because the State governors are the ones empowered under the Land use act of the constitution.

Again indigenous fisherman and indigenes have no say... That it is widely rejected by many people

Under that same Lands Use Act you quoted, Governors are compelled to give land to the Federal Government if it is for overriding public purposes, ie grazing as requested by the FG, RUGA has already taken off in northern States, one thing a lot of Children have failed to understand is that The Federal Government is Big Brother, and Big Brother always gets his way.

favor914:
Which Senate Abaribe, Olujimi, pdp stalwarts? APC National Assembly will pass the bill in due time.

Are you in support of the bill?

ggirl4real:


Are you in support of the bill?

Who am I? Does my opinion matter? Big Brother Federal Government & The National Assembly knows best, cry from here to Jericho, when they have collected enough money to deliberate on the bill they will pass it, & the President will Assent to it, just like they did for the Companies & Allied Matters Act 2020, cry cry cry nothing will change.

favor914:
Who am I? Does my opinion matter? Big Brother Federal Government & The National Assembly knows best, cry from here to Jericho, when they have collected enough money to deliberate on the bill they will pass it, & the President will Assent to it, just like they did for the Companies & Allied Matters Act 2020, cry cry cry nothing will change.

My sister, this is the situation we've found ourselves in this country o

favor914:
Under that same Lands Use Act you quoted, Governors are compelled to give land to the Federal Government if it is for overriding public interest, ie grazing as requested by the FG, RUGA has already taken off in northern States, one thing a lot of Children have failed to understand is that The Federal Government is Big Brother, and Big Brother always gets his way.

If your so called theory applied, why did RUGA fail in Benue... Why do you think a new amendment was proposed for the land use act.

If you think anybody will allow FG access to their waterway then i don't need to argue with you...the best that could happen is giving control to the state government. People have become smarter dz days

Let what the bill entails be known

APC is still majority in the House.

The Minority will have theri saw.

The Majority will have their way.

MelesZenawi:
That bill is purely evil

Can you quote the different sections of the bill here? Let's all look at the sections together.

Buhari government has nothing to offer except radicalism and jihad bill.

From RUGA - CAMA - Water bill.

Let it be known, Boko haram is in Aso Rock.
An agenda to overrun the country.

Some uninformed people keep doubting.

2020Experience:
By Sanni Onogu, Abuja
Senators Tuesday vowed to reject a proposed Water Resources Bill when it is presented to the Senate.

The Bill which has already scaled first reading in the House of Representatives has continued to generate controversy.

There are however indications that the Bill would likely be presented to the Senate on resumption from their current break on September 15.



Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, told reporters in Abuja that even though the Bill is yet to surface on the floor of the Senate, it would not be allowed to see the light of day when it is eventually presented.

“We have not seen it in the Senate. When it comes we will reject as before,” Abaribe said in a terse text message in reply to an enquiry on the Bill by a reporter in Abuja.

On her part, Senator Biodun Olujimi, said Senators would not support any Bill that may be injurious to Nigerians.

Olujimi told reporters during an interview in Abuja that Senators would stand up against any legislation capable of disrupting the fragile peace in the country.

She said: “The truth is that I am not aware of that Bill at all. However, anything that will injure our people, some of us will never be part of it.

“We will speak up against it when the time comes because nobody would be allowed to injure our people.

“We will not allow any legislation to ruin the fragile peace that we have in this country.


“We will not allow our fragile peace to be destroyed as a result of any political, personal or ethno-religious reasons.

“We won’t allow it because we are one entity and we must fight for the people of Nigeria.

“The Bill which is currently being treated at the House of Representatives would require the concurrence of the Senate and when the time comes, we won’t let it just fly like that.

https://thenationonlineng.net/senators-vow-to-reject-water-resources-bill/

Hausa/fulani muslims are just too mean why do they want everything in this country to be under their total control? They are currently in total control of the oil and gas sectors in the south and now they want to also take away the rights to be in control of all the rivers and water bodies from southerners and the people of the middle belt. I don't understand why these people love crises so much what is even giving them the courage that they can be able to defeat the whole south if anything like civil war breaks out again from all these mindless fulani land grabbing inspired bills they are signing into law?