The 360 Roundup: National Assembly, 10-14 November 2026

Both chambers of the National Assembly sat this week, and health ran through most of it. The Senate tightened oversight of big financial-technology firms, and the House passed two public-health bills, moved on a malaria outbreak, and took up the President's new borrowing request. Here is what mattered between Tuesday 10 and Thursday 12 November 2026.

Senate

Passed. The Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (Amendment) Bill (SB.959), which strengthens the Central Bank's oversight of systemically important institutions and large financial-technology firms, and the National Senior Secondary Education Commission Act (Amendment) Bill (SB.1075).

Newly introduced. Amendments to the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act (SB.1090) and the Fiscal Responsibility Act (SB.1091), a National Volunteers Service Bill (SB.1092), and an Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (Amendment) Bill (SB.1093).

On the floor. President Tinubu sent six nominees to the board and management of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority for screening. Senator Jibrin Isah raised an urgent motion on aircraft left circling in holding patterns because of VIP movements at airports, agreed with amendments. Senator Joseph Igiabe presented a petition on behalf of Mr. Marcel Imoisili over an alleged illegal demolition by the Lagos State Task Force. The Senate adjourned to 17 November.

House of Representatives

Passed. The National Institute for Public Health and Infectious Diseases Bill (HB.2629), which sets up a specialist tertiary hospital and research centre in Zaria, and the Tuberculosis (Anti-Discrimination) Bill (HB.2298). In a single vote the House also passed six agriculture bills at third reading, each establishing or upgrading a federal university or college of agriculture (HB.1481, HB.2052, HB.1375, HB.1192, HB.1385 and HB.1172), and concurred on the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency Act (Amendment), adding stronger penalties for environmental non-compliance in the petroleum sector.

Second reading. The Drug Revolving Fund (Essential Drugs) Bill (HB.1873), a Federal College of Nursing and Midwifery at Ibadan North (HB.2639), and the Federal Medical Centres Act (Amendment) Bill (HB.2842).

Newly introduced. Thirteen bills had a first reading on 12 November, led by the National Gender Equality and Inclusive Growth Bill (HB.2862), with amendments to the Petroleum Industry Act (HB.2866), the Nigeria Customs Service Act (HB.2865) and the Nigeria Revenue Service Act (HB.2864).

On the floor. The House received the President's request to authorise 10,790,366,835,481 naira in new external borrowing, about 7.0 billion US dollars at the 1,400 naira rate and the external line already carried in the 2026 Appropriation Act, and referred it to the Committees on Loans and Aids, and Finance. Members pressed for higher budgets for teaching hospitals (Hon. Patrick Umoh) and for an emergency response to a malaria and febrile-illness outbreak in Shinkafi and Maradun, Zamfara (Hon. Bello Hassan Shinkafi), adopted an inquiry into about 1.8 billion US dollars from the Global Fund and 2.8 billion US dollars from USAID received between 2021 and 2025, and asked the leadership to engage over the stalled New York listing of the Nigerian fintech OPay. Motions on human trafficking and on rebuilding vandalised infrastructure in Imo were also adopted.

State Assemblies in focus: the Southwest

With the week's business national, it is worth stepping back to the Southwest, where Legis360 is extending its state-legislature tracking beyond its Ekiti pilot. The constitutional question of the year is settled across the zone: all six chambers, Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Ekiti, have ratified the Constitution (Sixth Alteration) Bill on State Police and transmitted it to the National Assembly, part of a 35-state wave now awaiting collation and the President's assent. The fiscal year is set too, with 2026 budgets signed or being finalised across the zone, and the region's politics are realigning ahead of 2027. As our Southwest coverage deepens under the Nigeria Youth Futures Fund Catalyst work, this section will carry each chamber's bills and motions week to week.

Also this week

Nigeria's under-17 women's team, the Flamingos, won the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The Senate moved to congratulate the team, donated 100 million naira and called for proper compensation for the players, and the House welcomed the victory and the rewards announced by President Tinubu.

Track any of these bills from first reading to assent on Legis360.