 Two bills have scaled second reading on the floor of the House of Representatives, the bill for an act to amend the legislative powers and legislative act 2017, and for related matters, it was sponsored by the Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Bajabiamila and the Chief Whip of the House, Hon. Mohamed Tahir Mongunu. It seeks to amend critical aspects of the powers and nomenclature of the Nigerian legislature to reflect international best practices. Members of the House of Representatives should be addressed and designated as representatives, while distinguished senators of the Senate will be designated as senators. And what this bill seeks to achieve principally is to in tandem with what is happening in other clients, especially the United States of America, which is also practicing the presidential system of government, where congressmen are addressed as representatives. So, Mutatis Mutandis, what this bill seeks to achieve is to equally address representatives of the United States of the Nigerian House of Representatives as representatives, each set of honorable. Similarly, the House also passed for second reading a bill for an act to establish rights for victims of crime to provide for their welfare and compensation, as well as provide for the strengthening of the criminal justice system and for related matters. The bill was sponsored by Hon. Henry Archibald from Aqaibam State. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.