The bills are: Obafemi Awolowo University Transitional Provisional Amendment Bill 2019, the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi Amendment Bill 2019, University of Maiduguri Amendment Bill 2019, the National Fertiliser Quality Control bill 2019, as well as the Nigeria Council of Food Science and Technology Establishment Bill 2019.
El-Yakub said that the Act also seeks to regulate the ownership of intellectual property, stressing that the university authorities would make governance code as far as intellectual property are concerned. He noted that the Act also helps to provide an enabling environment for investment in the production of fertiliser in Nigeria.
El-Yakub explained that the main objective of Act is to ensure that framers and farm produce are protected so that the right nutrients are applied to the farms, as well as to ensure that the right brands of fertilisers are sold.