The National Assembly (NASS) has increased the size of the 2018 budget to N9.120 trillion from N8.612 trillion. The details of the budget were listed on the order paper available at the senate. The budget was laid by Danjuma Goje, chairman of the senate appropriation committee. Yusuf Lasun, speaker of the house, who presided over […]
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The Nigerian Senate said Monday night that it will not stop Senator Ovie Omo-Agege from attending plenary on Tuesday, in compliance with a Federal High Court order. The Senate had initially stated it would not respect the order, since it has filed an appeal, in a higher court. But in a sudden twist, the Senate […]
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The majority leader of the senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday said the 2018 budget of the national assembly would be made public. Lawan said this while briefing journalists on the objectives of the “Open NASS” initiative designed to increase public access to the operations of the national assembly. Lawan heads the special committee set up […]
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The two chambers of the National Assembly on Tuesday passed the long-awaited 2018-2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and the Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP). This followed the adoption of report of Joint Committees on Finance, Appropriation, Loans and Debt Management, Legislative Budget and Research and National Planning and Economic Development at both chambers on Tuesday. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has written a letter to the national assembly (NASS), seeking to present the estimates of the 2018 budget. Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, read the letter at plenary on Thursday. Buhari requested to present the budget to a joint session of the national assembly at 2pm on Tuesday. Udoma […]
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has expressed grief over the death of another serving member of the House of Representatives, Abdullahi Mohammed Wamakko. Wamakko died on Friday in Abuja at the age of 50. The lawmaker represented Kware/Wamakko Constituency, Sokoto State and was serving his first term. In a statement […]
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A member of the House of Representatives, Abdullahi Wammako (Sokoto State), is dead. He died at an Abuja hospital after a brief illness at the age of 51. Wammako was a first term lawmaker, who represented Kware/Wammako federal constituency. He contested and won the 2015 parliamentary election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress […]
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said that no society can grow without an active press to monitor and report its activities, and restated the commitment of the National Assembly to continue to enact laws which will create a conducive environment for journalism to thrive in the country. In a statement […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ibadan zone, on Monday called on the National Assembly to intervene in the education sector crisis to prevent another strike. Dr Ade Adejumo, the ASUU Chairman in the zone, made the call in a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan. The Ibadan Zone of ASUU comprises state […]
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The House of Representatives ad hoc Committee investigating the alleged stolen $17 billion oil and gas sales on Thursday ordered Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, to appear before it within one week. The money was allegedly stolen through undeclared crude oil and liquefied natural gas export. The committee threatened to issue […]
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