# Nigerian Senate legislative reforms > Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/nigerian-senate-legislative-reforms > Updated: 2026-10-27T16:57:36.000Z. Sources: 7. Developments: 2. The Nigerian Senate has advanced several amendment bills aimed at institutional and sectoral reforms. In late October 2026, the Senate passed the second reading of the National Senior Secondary Education Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2026. This legislation, sponsored by Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele, intends to improve the administration, coordination, and funding of public senior secondary education to address issues such as inadequate infrastructure and insufficient instructional materials. During the same period, the Senate also passed the second reading of two other bills sponsored by Bamidele. One bill seeks to authorize the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria to award PhD degrees in clinical medicine, dentistry, and related fields to enhance research capacity. The second bill proposes amendments to the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) Act to ensure the agency’s institutional independence and operational autonomy by removing ministerial approval requirements for accident investigations. ## Timeline ### 2026-10-27: Nigerian Senate advances bills for medical PhDs and NSIB autonomy The Nigerian Senate passed second readings for bills to allow the National Postgraduate Medical College to award PhDs and to increase the operational autonomy of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau. 4 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/nigerian-senate-advances-bills-for-medical-phds-and-nsib-autonomy ### 2026-10-20: Nigeria Senate passes bill to reform senior secondary education The Nigerian Senate has passed a bill for its second reading aimed at improving the funding, administration, and infrastructure of public senior secondary education and federal unity colleges. 5 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/nigerian-senate-advances-education-and-industrial-reform-bills --- Cite as: Nigerian Senate legislative reforms. CLSTR, https://clstr.news/situations/nigerian-senate-legislative-reforms