Today In Plenary: Senate Proceedings for Today, Thursday 19th November, 2015. (Summary Of All Their Delibrations)

Four (4) Motions were presented to the Senate today.

These Motions included;

1. Illegal mining of the Nation’s Solid Minerals by Senator Duro Faseyi representing Ekiti North

Senate accordingly resolved:

i. Condemn in the strongest terms the mindless and unlawful plundering of our solid minerals.

ii. Mandate the Committee on Solid Minerals to look into the matter with a view to finding lasting solutions to the problem.

iii. Direct the Law enforcement Agencies, especially the Inspector-General of Police to be alive to the responsibility of bringing illegal miners to book as urgently as possible.

iv. Urge the executive, State Government and Local Government to take concrete steps towards ending the illegal mining in Nigeria.

2. Constructions of Dams to remedy the Perennial Flood

Disasters in Nigeria by Senator Stella Oduah representing Anambra North.

The Senate accordingly resolved to:

i. Urge the Federal Government to convene a Stakeholders meeting to ex-ray the recurring situation with the view to preferring a lasting solution to flood disasters.

ii. Urge the Federal Ministry of Water Resources to revisit the proposed construction of Dasin Hausa Dam and any other Dams as the case may be to take in the flood waters from Lagdo Dam in Cameroun. And every other Dam causing flood should be looked into.

iii. Commend NEMA, PCFR and other relevant agencies, organizations and individuals whose efforts in creating awareness has led to reduction in causality level.

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3. Destruction of Marine life by the effluent from the Notore Chemical Company and Port Harcourt Refinery Company into the Ekerekana River and environment by Senator George Thompson Sekibo, CON JP representing Rivers

East.

The Senate accordingly resolved to:

i. Direct the operations of the Notore Chemical Company and the Port Harcourt Refineries to treat their dischargeable chemical components of the effluents from their productivity processes to the internationally acceptable standards before they are discharged into the rivers.

ii. Urge the National Environmental Standards Regulatory Agency (NESRA) to carry out holistic appraisal of the effluents that are being discharged into water bodies by these chemical industry operators in order to forestall such occurrence in the future.

iii. Urge the National Environmental Standards Regulatory Agency to enforce compliance of their approved minimum chemical components dischargeable into water bodies by chemical processing companies in the country.

iv. Urge the Ministries of Environment and Water Resources to work out a remedial process of recovering the aquatic balance of the affected water bodies so that fishes and other living organisms in the aquatic environment would develop for the benefit of the people so affected.

v. Direct its Committees on Environment and Water Resources to carry out investigation into the cases of this abnormal pollution of July 13 – 17, 2015 that has virtually eliminated all the fishes and other aquatic lives along the Ekerekana River and the upper side of the River Bonny and report to the Senate in four weeks.

4. The unfortunate recurrence of kidnapping and hostage-taking in Nigeria – a national wakeup call! By Senator

Emmanuel Andy Uba, MFR representing Anambra South.

The Senate accordingly resolved to:

i. Condemn Kidnapping in its entirety and commiserate with the family of those whi have lost their loved ones to the perpetuators of this vice.

ii. Urge Traditional Institutions, Religious Authoritiies and indeed all Nigerians to be more vigilant and to participate more actively in the security of Nigeria.

iii. Urge the Senate to make frantic efforts at reviewing the extant laws on kidnapping, with a view to imposing stiffer penalties on the crime.

iv. Urge the Senate to commend the Inspector-General of Police, Director of State Security Service (SSS) and other Security Agencies and invite the Inspector-General to brief the Senate, through the relevant Committees on its activities, targeted at the resolution of this security challenge; and

v. Invite the Ministry of Labor & Productivity; Ministry of National Planning; the National Directorate of Employment and any other relevant Agencies of Government to brief the Senate on “deliberate and actionable plans” of government in reducing the current employment deficit in Nigeria.

After all debates were over, Plenary was then adjourned to Tuesday, 24th November 2015.

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