The Senate Tuesday made it categorically clear, that the proposed amendment of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, will under no circumstances affect the on-going case of its president, Bukola Saraki, before the tribunal.In a statement by Chairman of the Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Aliyu Sabi, the Senate stated that many […]
Continue ReadingIbrahim Gobir, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Services, has defended the Senate’s decision to pay N36.5 million for each of the recently acquired Toyota Land Cruisers for senators. Mr. Gobir told journalists on Tuesday in Abuja that the specification of the acquired vehicles were higher than those reported in the media. According to him, […]
Continue ReadingThe Senate on Wednesday passed the 2016 Appropriation Bill of N6.06 trillion, reducing it by N17 billion from N6.07 trillion proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of the report of the Committee on Appropriation presented at plenary on Tuesday. Before approving the budget through a vote, the senators […]
Continue ReadingThe National Assembly which had early said the 2016 budget report would be laid March 16 and passed March 17 after consideration. However, the passage of the 2016 has been suspended by the national assembly. The budget was not presented at either chamber on Wednesday as promised. Addressing journalists after plenary, the Senate Leader, Ali […]
Continue ReadingThe Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, headed by Samuel Anyanwu (APC-Imo East), has been investigating a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, for alleged corruption. The committee requested for the arrest warrant Thursday. The Senate gave the order of arrest following the refusal of Mr. Lamorde to […]
Continue ReadingSenate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has commented on the 2016 budget, describing it as ambitious. Saraki noted that for it to be realistic and successful, emphasis should be on the non-oil and independent revenue generating sources. The senate president stated that though the 2016 budget proposal was ambitious, it could be achieved if all that […]
Continue ReadingSenate Committee on Education, on Monday, discovered N9,982,258,479 hidden in the budget of parastatals by the Federal Ministry of Education. The committee, which discovered the amount at the commencement of its 2016 budget defence, said the amount was hidden in the ministry’s parastatals. The parastatals allocation for the year, according to the Senate Committee, increased […]
Continue ReadingSenator representing Kogi West and Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory, Dino Melaye, on Thursday reacted to the letter written by erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo to the leadership of the National Assembly, in which Chief Obasanjo had accused the federal lawmakers of corruption, impunity, greed and of repeatedly breaking the nation’s laws. Mr. Dino […]
Continue ReadingSenate President, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, responded to an open sent to the National Assembly by a former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, wherein he called the attention of the lawmakers to issues bordering on budgets and finances of the NASS, fiscal policy irresponsibility, extravagance and impunity by some members. Responding to the letter […]
Continue ReadingAs part of efforts to improve Nigeria’s legal framework in the fight against corruption, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday requested the National Assembly to consider and approve Money Laundering Prevention and Prohibition Bill 2016 and the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Bill 2016. The letters covering the bills were read at plenary, by the […]
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