A report recently released shows that 51% of senators have in the past year not sponsored a single bill. This means that 53 out of the available 103 senators are yet to sponsor a bill.
This report was provided by a non-governmental organisation, Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) and it focused on Bill Charts in the upper legislative chamber.
It will be recalled that the 8th Senate was inaugurated on June 9, 2015 which makes it almost a year in which they’ve been in office.
A list of all the Senators who have not sponsored bills as provided in the report can be seen below.
David Mark (PDP, Benue South); George Akume (APC, Benue North West); Yele Omogunwa (PDP, Ondo South), Sola Adeyeye (APC, Osun Central), Monsurat Sunmonu (APC, Oyo Central) and Adesoji Akanbi (APC, Oyo South).
Enyinaya Abaribe (PDP, Abia South), Samuel Anyanwu (PDP, Imo East), Godswill Akpabio (PDP, Akwa-Ibom North West), Nelson Effiong (PDP, Akwa-Ibom South, Foster Ogola (PDP, Bayelsa West), John Enoh (PDP, Cross River Central), Gershom Bassey (PDP, Cross River South), James Manager (PDP, Delta South), Clifford Ordia (PDP, Edo Central), Lanre Tejuoso (APC, Ogun Central), Gbolahan Dada (APC, Ogun West), Ahmed Ogembe (PDP, Kogi Central), Phillip Gyunka (PDP, Nasarawa North), Suleiman Adokwe (PDP, Nasarawa South), Abdullahi Adamu (APC, Nasarawa West), Aliyu Abdullahi (APC, Niger North), Garba Mohammed (APC, Niger South), Jeremiah Useni (PDP, Plateau South East), Jonah Jang (PDP, Plateau North).
Also on the list are: Abdul Aziz Nyako (APC, Adamawa Central), Binta Garba (APC, Adamawa North), Ahmad Abubakar (APC, Adamawa South), Ali Wakili (APC, Bauchi South), Abubakar Kyari (APC, Borno North), Danjuma Goje (Gombe Central), Bayero Nafada (APC, Gombe North), Yusuf Susuf (APC, Taraba Central) Danladi Abubakar (PDP, Taraba North), Emmanuel Bwacha (PDP, Taraba South), Bukar Abba Ibrahim (APC, Yobe East), Ahmad Lawan (APC, Yobe North), Mohammed Hassan (PDP, Yobe South), Mohammed Sabo (APC, Jigawa South West), Muhammad Shitu (APC, North East), Abdullahi Gumel (APC, Jigawa North West), Dajuma La’ah (PDP, Kaduna South), Suleiman Hunkuyi (APC, Kaduna North), Rabiu Kwankwaso (APC, Kano Central), Abu Ibrahim (APC, Katsina South), Mustapha Bukar (APC, Katsina North), Adamu Aliero (APC, Kebbi Central), Yahaya Abdullahi (APC, Kebbi North), Ibrahim Abdullahi (APC, Sokoto South), Kabir Marafa (APC, Zamfara Central) and Ahmad Sani (APC, Zamfara West).