The House of Representatives delivered a robust and responsive legislative session on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, tackling national economic challenges, expanding public services, and reinforcing governmental accountability.
A crucial item taken at plenary was the receipt of a letter from President Bola Tinubu, formally submitting the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) for 2026-2028, signalling the official commencement of the budget process.
In a landmark display of results-oriented legislation, the House passed five strategic bills that promise transformative national impact, including measures to revolutionise specialised healthcare access and ports economic governance.
Furthermore, the House strongly condemned the extrajudicial killing of unarmed women protesters in Lamurde, Adamawa State, resolving to dispatch a fact-finding mission for justice.
Lawmakers also sought a waiver for vulnerable households struggling to repay COVID-19 survival loans, and moved to check the indiscriminate sale of public assets and land in the FHA/ENL Estates in Guzape, Abuja, protecting public safety.
The commitment to fiscal discipline was reinforced as the House summoned the CBN Governor over the non-remittance of an estimated ₦5 trillion Operating Surplus and ₦11 trillion in unremitted government revenue. Concurrently, the House moved to probe the inadequacies of Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) and called for a reform of the Contributory Pension Scheme.
Parliament further urged the Federal Government to prioritise the decentralisation of national port operations to boost trade competitiveness and addressed the constitutional review process by resolving to investigate concerns on the controversial Toru-Be State Creation proposal.
Through these wide-ranging actions, the House demonstrated its dedication to the People’s Mandate. Key bills, including one to repeal the Statistics Act, scaled the Second Reading.
Notably, the House Committee on Agricultural Colleges and Institutions presented and laid four Reports before the House, and a political shift was recorded as Bayelsa lawmakers Rodney Ambaiowei and Oboku Oforji formally crossed the carpet from the PDP to the APC.
