Tag: Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe

2023: Don’t allow people you chased out return to power, Lawan tells Kwarans

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The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Saturday advised the people of Kwara State not to allow those people that they chased out of the state government house in 2019 find their way back to power.   The current administration of the All Progressives Congress(APC) took over power in the state in 2019 from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but the PDP is scheming to recapture power in 2023.   The Senate President was in Ilorin, the capital city of Kwara State to commission some of the Constituency projects…

Senate approves establishment of Health Education Practitioners Board

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The Senate has passed a bill seeking to establish the Health Education Practitioners Registration Board of Nigeria.   The passage of the bill on Tuesday during plenary, followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Health (Tertiary and Secondary).     Chairman of the Committee, Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe (Kwara Central), in his presentation, said upon establishment, the Board would determine the standards of knowledge and skills to be attained by persons seeking to become members of the profession of Health Education.   He added that it would also…

Senate passes bill to establish University of Medical Sciences in six geo-political zones

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The Senate, Tuesday, passed a bill seeking to establish a Federal University of Medical Sciences and Biomedical Technology across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria.   The bill was passed during plenary after the chamber considered a report on it by the Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary).   Chairman of the Committee, Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe (Kwara Central) , in his presentation, said the establishment of the University in the six zones of the country would address the dearth in admission of students aspiring to study Medicine and Allied Sciences…