Senate Considers Bills to Tackle poverty

The Senate has considered two bills which seek to tackle poverty and to put a stop to intellectual property theft in the Country.

The bill which was sponsored by a member representing Katsina Central Districts, Kabir Barkiya, scaled second reading during plenary on Tuesday.

According to Barkiya, one of the bills provides for the establishment of the National Poverty Alleviation Management Commission while the other seeks to re-enact the Patent and Design Act 2021 to revise the existing intellectual property law to prohibit theft.