By Kola Alhassan
The Senate is poised to make mandatory the teaching of the country’s history in secondary schools and tertiary institutions across the federation.
This would be through a bill introduced yesterday on the floor of the Senate.
The bill sponsored by Senator Adeyemi Oriolowo, was read for the first time at yesterday’s sitting in the Senate chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja.
Entitled: ‘Compulsory Inclusion of Nigerian History in the Curriculum of Secondary and Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria Bill, 2022,’ the bill seeks to enforce the teaching of history at secondary and tertiary levels in the country.
Newly- introduced bills read included, Federal University of Agriculture Sabongida Lantang, Plateau State (Establishment) Bill, 2022 by the Senate Leader, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi, and Federal University of Entrepreneur Onitsha (Establishment) Bill, 2022 by Senator Stella Oduah.
Others were National Metallurgical Development Centre Act (Repeal) Bill, 2022 by Senator Adetokunbo Abiru, and Companies and Allied Matters (CAC) Act 2020 (Amendment) Bill, 2022 by Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe.
Senate bill to enforce teaching of history in schools
