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THE SENATE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF ORDER PAPER Wednesday, 17th April, 2013 1. Prayers 2. Approval of the Votes and Proceedings 3. Oaths 4. Announcements (if any) 5. Petitions

PRESENTATION OF REPORTS

1. Report of the Conference Committee on the Federal University of Dutsin-ma (Ests. etc) Bills 2013 (SB. 79) Sen. Uche Chukwumerije (Abia North) "That the Senate do receive the Report of the Conference Committee on the Federal University of Dutsin-ma (Est. etc) Bills 2013 (SB. 79) (To be laid)

2. Report of the Conference Committee on the Federal University of Kashere, (Ests.retc) Bills )013 (SB. 80) Sen. Uche Chukwumerije (Abia North) . _ "That the Senate do receive the Report of the Conference Committee on the Federal University of Kashere, (Est. etc) Bills 2013 (SB. 80) (To be laid)

3. Report of the Conference Committee on the Federal University of Lafia (Ests. etc) Bills 2013 (SB. 81) Sen. Uche Chukwumerije (Abia North) . _ "That the Senate do receive the Report of the Conference Committee on the Federal University of Lafia (Est. etc) Bills 2013 (SB. 81) (To be laid)

4. Report of the Conference Committee on the Federal University of Lokoja (Ests. etc) Bills 2013 (SB. 82) Sen. Uche Chukwumerije (Abia North) "That the Senate do receive the Report of the Conference Committee on the Federal University of Lokoja (Est. etc) Bills 2013 (SB. 82) (To be laid) -

5. Report of the Conference Committee on the Federal University of Ndufu-A like Ikuio (Ests. etc) Bills 2013 (SB. 83) Sen. Uche Chukwumerije (Abia North) "That the Senate do receive the Report of the Conference Committee on the Federal University of Ndufu- Alike Ikwo (Est. etc) Bills 2013 (SB. 83) (To be laid)

6. Report of the Conference Committee on the Federal University of Otuoke (£sts. etc) Bills 2013 (SB. 84) Sen. Uche Chukwumerije (Abia North) . "That the Senate do receive the Report of the Conference Committee on the Federal University of Otuoke (Est. etc) Bills 2013 (SB. 84) (To be laid)

7. Report of the Conference Committee on the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti (Ests. etc) Bills 2013 (SB. 85) Sen. Uche Chukwumerije (Abia North) "That the Senate do receive the Report of the Conference Committee on the Federal University of Oye- Ekiti (Est. etc) Bills 2013 (SB. 85) (To be laid)

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9. Report of the Conference Committee on the Federal University ofWukari (Ests. etc) Bills 2013 (SB. 87) Sen. Uche Chukwumerije (Abia North) . "That the Senate do receive the Report of the Conference Committe on the Federal University of Wukari (Est. etc) Bills 2013 (SB. 87) (To be laid)

10. Report of the Conference Committee on the Federal University of Uyo (Est. etc) Bill 2013 (SB. 88) Sen. Uche Chukwumerije (Abia North) "That the Senate do receive the Report of the Conference Committee on the Federal University of.Uyo . (Est.etc) Bill 2013(SB.88) (To be laid)

ORDERS OF THE DAY MOTION 1. Urgent Sensitization and Awareness Campaign, Supply of Vaccines to Measles Affected Areas Sen. Danladi A. Sankara. (Jigawa North West) Sen. Ifeanyi A. Okowa Sen. Ahmed R. Sani Sen. Margery C-Okadigbo Sen. Abubakar S. Yar'Adua Sen. Paulinus Igwe Sen Hadi A. Sirih Sen. Chris N. Ngige Sen. Abu Ibrahim Sen. Abubakar Saraki Sen. Dahiru A. Kuta Sen. Babajide C. Omowarare Sen. Zaynab Musa Sen. Sahabi A. Ya'u Sen. Sen. Sen. Bukar Abba Ibrahim Sen. Sefiu Kaka Sen.AhmadI. Lawan Sen. Gyailg Pwajok Sen. Sen. Alkali A.Jajare Sen. Abdulazizi Usman Sen. Bello H. Gwarzo Sen. Abdulmumini M. Hassan Sen. Basheer G. Mohammed Sen. Marafa K. Garba Sen. Kabiru Gaya Sen. Babayo Gamawa

THE SENATE, OBSERVES the outbreak of MEASLESin the Northern parts of Nigeria as a result of excessive heat for the past two months;

NOTES as a result, 36 Kids have lost their lives so far;

NOTES also about 3,588children aged between 9 months and 3 years are on admission in various hospitals in the Northern parts of the country;

A WARE that Zamfara, Katsina, Jigawa, Niger, Yobe, and Kano States have recorded deaths caused by this menace;

A WARE also that in Katsina State, about 1,260children are affected, Jigawa has recorded 884 cases, while Kano State has 800victims affected;

NOTES that Yobe, Zamfara, Nassarawa, Taraba, Kaduna and Bauchi States have reported cases of affected children;

FURTHER aware that Nigeria ranks among countries with the highest cases of measles infection in the world according to the World Health Organization;

ALSO aware that 9% of 20 million children who did not receive the first dose of vaccine against measles in 2011were Nigerian children, and this number was 1.7 million children;

WORRIED that despite tremendous progress, one child still dies every 20 seconds from a disease that could have been prevented by an existing vaccine;

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