A bill seeking to establish the national commission for the coordination and control of the proliferation of small arms and light weapons has been passed by the Senate.
The proposed legislation is a consolidation of three bills. It was passed by the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday after Ibrahim Gobir, chairman of the committee on national security and intelligence, presented a report.
One of the bills was proposed by the executive and the other two are sponsored by lawmakers.
President Muhammadu Buhari has repeatedly blamed the influx of small arms into the country on the crisis in Libya, which he said has fuelled insecurity in Nigeria.
After the presentation of the report, the senate went into a meeting committee of the whole to consider clauses of the bill.
The bill was passed after Senate President Ahmad Lawan put it to vote.
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