10th House Introduces 2,747 Bills, Passes 363 Resolutions in Three Years – Waive
The House of Representatives has introduced a total of 2,747 bills and passed 363 resolutions since the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly in June 2023, Chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Business, Hon. Francis Waive, has disclosed.
Speaking on Monday while presenting the committee’s three-year legislative performance report to journalists, Waive described the record as evidence of the House’s commitment to delivering on its constitutional mandate.
According to him, the 2,747 bills introduced between June 2023 and June 15, 2026, comprise 57 executive bills, 95 Senate bills and 2,595 private members’ bills.
He said the House has passed 363 bills, while five were negatived. He added that 1,782 bills are awaiting second reading, 323 have been referred to standing committees, 185 are awaiting consideration, and 89 have been consolidated with similar proposals.
A breakdown of the legislative activities showed that the House introduced 1,351 bills in its first legislative year, passing 89 of them. During the second session, lawmakers introduced 912 bills and passed 148, while 484 bills were introduced in the third session, with 126 passed.
Waive also revealed that the House considered 220 motions during the third legislative session, with 192 referred to standing committees and 28 to ad hoc committees. Of the motions, 121 were treated as matters of urgent public importance. He added that the House also considered 48 public petitions during the same period.
Highlighting major legislative milestones, Waive said the House passed several landmark laws during its third session, including the 2026 Appropriation Act, the constitutional amendment bill on state police, the Electoral Act 2026, the Tax Act, the Minimum Wage Act and the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) Act.
He also noted that the 10th House made history by considering and adopting reports of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the floor of the House, describing it as the first time such reports have been debated and approved since Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999.
On the proposed establishment of state police, Waive clarified that the constitutional amendment creating state police is different from the executive bill transmitted by President Bola Tinubu, which seeks to establish the administrative and operational framework governing the relationship between state police services and the Nigeria Police Force.
He further disclosed that the House is reviewing its legislative agenda ahead of its fourth session to accelerate work on pending priorities before the end of its tenure.
Also speaking, Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Akin Rotimi Jr., said the House will take decisive votes on about 40 constitutional amendment bills early in its fourth legislative session.
Rotimi said the exercise forms part of the House’s commitment to transparency and accountability, adding that more than 300 constitutional amendment proposals are among the over 2,500 bills introduced since June 2023.
He also revealed that the Public Accounts Committee had recovered over ₦61.6 billion for the Federal Government, as well as more than ₦520 million in unremitted Value Added Tax (VAT) through its oversight activities.
According to him, the House leadership remains focused on delivering its legislative agenda and will present a comprehensive three-year scorecard of the 10th House of Representatives next week.
