Senate passes workers’ compensation trust fund, federal polytechnics bills

The Senate on Thursday handed the Nigerian Employees’ Compensation Trust Fund Agency Establishment Bill, 2026, and the Federal Polytechnics Act Amendment Bill, 2026.

The bills have been handed after the Senate recommitted them to the Committee of the Whole for additional legislative scrutiny and consideration of needed amendments.

Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele, who moved the movement for recommittal, mentioned sure provisions required additional assessment to make sure administrative readability and a complete authorized framework.

He urged the Senate to rescind its earlier selections on the bills and recommit them to the Committee of the Whole for consideration and passage.

Seconding the movement, Senator Kamorudeen Oyewumi (APC, Osun West) mentioned the train would take away ambiguities and align the bills with legal guidelines establishing comparable establishments.

The Senate subsequently thought of the bills clause by clause and permitted their provisions.

Bamidele mentioned the Employees’ Compensation Trust Fund Bill seeks to repeal the NSITF Act and the Employees’ Compensation Act and change them with a brand new framework.

According to him, the proposed laws offers compensation for demise, harm, illness or incapacity arising out of, or in the middle of, employment, in addition to associated issues.

He mentioned the Federal Polytechnics Act Amendment Bill seeks to amend the present legislation governing federal polytechnics to assessment their capabilities and deal with associated issues.

Both bills have been subsequently learn for the third time and handed.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio recommended the Senate Leader and lawmakers for his or her contributions, saying the bills would help employees’ welfare and strengthen technical schooling.

He mentioned the laws would assist shield employees by way of compensation provisions whereas guaranteeing that technical establishments serve the nation’s financial improvement wants.