Senate President: 10th Assembly’s legislative agenda will improve standard of living

According to reports, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has assured Nigerians that the legislative agenda of the 10th National Assembly would bring about improvement in the standard of living of the citizenry. Akpabio, stated this during the Public Hearing of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund and House of Representatives Committee on Student Loan, Scholarship and Higher Education Financing on Student Loan (Access to Higher Education), repeal and reenactment Bill 2024, at the National Assembly complex, yesterday. He said, “The present 10th National Assembly at its inception in 2023 set out for itself a legislative agenda whose implementation will surely bring about a tremendous improvement in the living conditions/standards of the citizenry with Mr. President’s Renewed Hope Agenda.” Akpabio who was represented by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Jibrin Barau, commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his foresight and uncommon passion in supporting the students of the country with the loan scheme. He said the scheme would address problems of lack of funding among Nigerian students. In amending the bill, he said the opinions of all stakeholders would be considered to have the best legislation.