Nigeria, June 18 -- The Spokesperson of the Nigerian Senate, Yemi Adaramodu, has clarified that 844 bills were introduced in the upper chamber within the last two years.

However, he declined to specify how many of those bills were passed within the period.

Mr Adaramodu, the Ekiti South Senatorial District senator, made the disclosure during a press briefing at the National Assembly on Tuesday, where he addressed criticisms surrounding the Senate's midterm legislative performance.

"We have done a lot within two years of our inauguration. It will interest us that within two years, more than any other session, the 10th Senate had considered exactly 844 bills within 25 months," he said.

The Senate spokesperson noted that President Bola Ti...