NIGERIA – Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has accused President Bola Tinubu, the National Assembly (NASS), and state governor of indulging in the worst display of fiscal rascality. Ezekwesili’s remark is coming after presidency procured a presidential jet worth N150million for Tinubu’s usage. She accused Tinubu, NASS, and state governors of spending scarce public […]
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The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Wednesday, criticised the President Muhammadu Buhari led government for allegedly compounding the security challenges of the country by allowing the strike by lecturers in public universities to linger for over four months since it started on February 14, 2022. HURIWA, in a statement by its National […]
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Senate President Ahmad Lawan has urged striking workers of the National Assembly to call off their industrial action and embrace dialogue for speedy resolution of the disputes. The appeal is contained in a statement issued by Mr Ola, Awoniyi Special Adviser on Media to President of Senate, in Abuja on Friday. Lawan made the appeal […]
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The two chambers of the National Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill to gives states power to generate, transmit and distribute electricity in areas covered by the national grid, and for related matters. The “Bill For An Act to alter the provision of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to allow States […]
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Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on Public Account being chaired by Dr Busayo Oluwole Oke( Osun-PDP) has summoned the Clerk to the National Assembly, CNA, Architect Amos Ojo to appear before the committee over the multiple audit queries raised by the office of the Auditor General of the Federation against the Management of the Natiional […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has given assurance that his administration is ready to use everything within its powers to end insecurity in the country and bring perpetrators of criminal activities to book. The president stated this at a Presidential Dinner with the 469 members of the National Assembly, held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has warned appointees that he would not tolerate any act of disrespect to the National Assembly. Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, said in a statement that Buhari issued the warning while receiving Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, at the […]
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A member of the house of representatives, Bamidele Salam, has opposed the plan to spend N37 billion on the renovation of the National Assembly Complex. In a Facebook post on Sunday, Salam, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who represents Ede federal constituency, said the complex does not need any renovation more than […]
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More than 1,500 concerned Nigerians, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and Enough is Enough Nigeria (EiE) have filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court to “restrain, prevent and stop the National Assembly Service Commission from paying the incoming members of the 9th National Assembly individually and/or collectively over N4.68 billion as ‘welcome […]
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The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has issued a Proclamation for the inauguration of the 9th National Assembly, on June 11, 2019. The proclamation is in line with the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which provides that the president will have to issue a proclamation before the Senate and the House of Representatives hold their first […]
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