 Stailing the Senate, despite stiff opposition from some lawmakers, a bill seeking to establish the National Food Reserve Agency has killed third reading on the floor of the Senate in a controversial manner. The bill passed the final stage on Wednesday after the chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Abdulahi Adamu, presented the report in plenary. Senator Adamu says with the agency in place, Nigeria will be taking the right step in the right direction, as replicated in other African countries such as Zambia and Tanzania. The time is up to put machineries in place for the development of the agricultural sector. The National Food Reserve Agency bill is one of the tools to make this possible, especially in a period of flood, famine, and other emergency situations. The bill recognizes the need to fill the apparent gap in agricultural development and coordination of programs and projects in the country with the collaboration of national and international agencies. Some senators raised concerns that the National Assembly has no powers to legislate over such a bill, because it is contained in the recurrent legislative list by the president of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, ruled otherwise. And on the issue of agriculture, I refer us to this co-collect, legitimate paragraph H that talks about industrial, commercial, or agricultural development. It makes express provision as to the extent and amplitude of the National Assembly's power in that regard. And I read section 17, the National Assembly may make laws for the federation or any panjaro with respect to the health, safety, and welfare of persons employed to work in factories, offices, or other premises, or interstate transportation and commerce, including the training, supervision, and qualification of sources.