Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, has emerged as the most active lawmaker in the 10th Senate, sponsoring 42 private member bills in the three years since the inauguration of the National Assembly on June 13, 2023.
Senate records cited by The Parliamentarian magazine, published by the media office of the deputy senate president to mark the third anniversary of the 10th Senate, showed that Barau, who represents Kano North Senatorial District, sponsored the bills between June 13, 2023, and June 13, 2026.
According to the publication, five of the bills have already been passed. They are the North West Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, the National Identity Management Commission (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, the Agricultural Research Council Act (Amendment) Bill, the Federal Medical Centre, Gwarzo, Kano State (Establishment) Bill, and the Federal University of Science and Technology, Kabo (Establishment) Bill.
A breakdown contained in the magazine showed that Barau sponsored 13 bills in 2023, nine in 2024, 17 in 2025 and three in 2026.
In a statement issued on Friday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, the bills were described as multi-sectoral, covering education, industry, the economy, constitutional amendment, governance and development, among others.
“Sponsoring forty-two bills in three years is, without doubt, a colossal legislative feat. Senator Barau, fondly called ‘Maliya’, has always been known as someone who raises the bar to enviable heights in all his endeavours,” Mudashir said.
He said the Deputy Senate President achieved the feat despite his demanding responsibilities of supporting the Senate President in providing leadership for the upper chamber.
Mudashir also noted that Barau plays a key role in the regional legislature as First Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament.
Among the bills sponsored by the lawmaker are the Development Planning and Project Continuity Bill, the In-Vitro Fertilisation Bill, the Cybercrimes (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, the Renewable Energy Bill, the Government Performance and Accountability Bill, the E-Health Bill, the Nigeria First (Manufacturing Sector Development and Competitiveness) Bill, the Cryptocurrency Prohibition and Regulation Bill, the Virtual Asset and Service Providers Bill, and several Constitution Alteration Bills.
The 10th National Assembly, inaugurated following a proclamation by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, marks its third anniversary on Saturday, June 13, 2026.
