The House of Representatives has expressed dissatisfaction on how the Senate delayed to look into the majority of the bills passed by the lower House.   

House Leader, Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa, said it was unfortunate that the Senate is not considering the House of Reps bills the same way the Reps do to Senate bills.

He explained that in a bicameral legislature, it is expected for both chambers to work together and give concurrence to bills passed before such bills can come into effect

He said “Mr. Speaker, I rise once again for the fifth time present Senate Bill for second reading. As I rise to do this, I want to put on record that this House takes seriously the issue of working together with the Senate for maximum performance.

 “That is why this House has always given speedy consideration to bills passed by the Senate. Unfortunately, we cannot say the same thing about the Senate.

“We have quite a number of bills passed by this House which are still lying on the table of the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Business unattended to. This is a thing of concern to the leadership of this House.

“I want to appeal to the Senate to give urgent attention to bills passed by this House seeking concurrence. That is how a bicameral legislature works.”

Deputy Speaker who presided over Wednesday’s plenary commended the House Leader for bringing up the issue and assured that the leadership of the House will discuss the issue with the leadership of the Senate with a view to ensuring that it is addressed as soon as possible

While supporting the position of the House Leader, Minority Leader of the House, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu said the Senate should be asked to do the needful and consider bills passed by the House.