BILLS AND LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS
SPONSORED BY SENATOR CHRIS NGIGE
My people, for some time now, there has
been this wicked propaganda against my
person to the ridiculous level that at a time
they said that I have never opened my mouth
in the Senate; that I have neither sponsored
any bill or motion. That is laughable. For the
records, I have been one of the most active
senators in the current Senate of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria. I participated actively in
the 2011 /2012 Appropriation Bill and made
significant inputs in the money bill. Late it be
known that as a senator, my first allegiance is
first with the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and
then my constituency. At a time I was the only
senator from Anambra State, I made sure that
projects that will benefit the entire southeast,
my state and my constituency where inserted
in the appropriation bill. This is easily
reflected in the increased power projects in
the entire southeast. I am in seven
committees of the senate, and as a senator
from the opposition party, I cannot be
chairman of a committee. I am the deputy
chairman of the senate committee on power.
Every good legislator takes keen interest in
the money bill. That is where you have the bill
that affects the development of your region.
It determines which region gets what. My job
as a senator is make sure that projects
favourable to my constituency are inserted in
the appropriation bill. It is the job of the
executive arm of the government to release
the funds for the execution of the projects.
1. Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions)
Act Cap R 11,LFN 2004
• To provide for more judicial discretion and
flexibility in the sentence imposed for
robbery, depending on the facts and
circumstances of each case, rather than
having a pre-fixed maximum sentence.
• To substitute death penalty with life
imprisonment as the maximum penalty for
armed robbery.
• To clarify that hospitals and clinic must first
administer necessary treatment to gunshot
victims, before reporting before reporting the
matter to the police within a reasonable
period of time
2. Federal Housing Authority Act Cap F14, LFN
2004
• To provide for tenure for some of the
members of the board of the Federal Housing
Authority, AND THE General Manager who is
CEO of the organisation
• To remove the monetary cap on the
borrowing powers of the Federal Housing
Authority and substitute presidential approval
with ministerial approval for borrowing
3. Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria Act
Cap T3,LFN 2004
• To provide for appeals to liie from the
Teachers Registration Commmitte established
under the Act, to the Federal High
Court ,instead of directly to the Court of
Appeal
. To provide for more judicial discretion and
flexibility in the sentences imposed for
offences under the act depending on the
facts and circumstances of each case, rather
than having one uniform punishment
provision.
4. Flag and Coat of Arms Act Cap F30,LFN 2004
• To increase the financial penalties imposed
for offences under the Act based on present
economic realities in Nigeria and in line with
inflation since the enactment of the Act in
1960
5. Flag of Nigerian Ships Act Cap F31,LFN 2004
• To increase the financial penalties imposed
for offences under the Act based on present
economic realities in Nigeria and in line with
inflation since the enactment of the Act in
1968
• To further amend the regulation made
under the Act to include a term of
imprisonment as alternative punishment
6. Fertiilizer (Control )Act Caps F25,LFN 2004
• To pave way for offences under the Act to
be tried by the State High Courts, rather than
the Federal High Court, to ensure ease of
prosecution, especially for rural offenders,
more so as Agriculture is on the con-current
legislative list, which states can also deal with
7. Public Officers Protection Act Cap P41,LFN
2004
• To increase the limitation period, within
which action, prosecution or can be
commenced against a public officer, including
cases where the persons suing has been
hospitalised as a result of the action of the
public officer.
8. Prohibition of importation, production and
distribution of Incandescent energy
consuming bills
. To encourage importation production, and
distribution and usage of fluorescent energy-
saving bulbs to conserve energy. We do not
have enough power to distribute to our
teeming 160 million. The highest generation
today is 5000 megawatts
9. Farmers Registration Council Bill
• To jump-start an agrarian Resolution in
Nigeria, putting food on the table of the
ordinary Nigerian by creating a platform for
the organization, registration, recognition,
formalizing, and empowerment of the
Nigerian farm cooperatives and other farm
organizations;
• To serve as the official instrument for
ensuring that Nigerian farmers, farm
cooperatives and other farm organizations
receive any interventions and assistance
planned by government for farmers e.g.
fertilizers, seeds, etc.;
• To identify and register the authentic
farmers and remove the excesses of middle
men who have not allowed government
interventions to reach the actual farmers;
• To build a reliable official data base of
Nigerian farmers that will be
used by government agencies that would
want to relate directly with farmers;
10. National Health Bill
11. National Health Insurance Bill.
Let it is also be recalled that I singlehandedly
moved the motion for the immortalization of
the late Prof. Chinua Achebe. As a result of
that motion, Chinua Achebe was given a
plenary session, an honour reserved only for
national assembly members. As a result of the
motion also, the federal government gave
Chinua Achebe a befitting national burial.
N.B: A detailed list of the projects will be
attached as annex.

great policies!

Ngige all the way. Let us ignore the folks under the leaking umbrella and those in the vault of Fidelity Bank.

God bless Anambra State.

APC jor...anambra ko ni baje o!

Ipinle yoruba o ni baje o!

In 2011, many said they were voting for GEJ not PDP, so why not vote for Ngige and not APC?
NGIGE WE BELIEVE IN AND NGIGE WE TRUST IN.
VOTE NGIGE, VOTE APC COME NOVEMBER 16.