Anthrax is primarily a disease of animals. Animals with anthrax can transmit it to man through the inhalation of anthrax spores or consumption of contaminated/infected animal products such as hides and skin, meat or milk. The House of Representatives at its plenary on Tuesday, adopted a motion seeking to curtail the spread of the outbreak of the anthrax disease in Nigeria. Sponsor of the motion, Rep. Adamu Tanko (APC, Niger) in his...
The motion sponsor lamented that Nigeria’s historical public policy journey, from commercialisation, privatisation, public partnerships to concession has mostly resulted in national embarrassment, corruption, and controversies in most sectors. The House of Representatives has asked the federal government to immediately suspend further concession of airports in Nigeria. This resolution was contained in a motion on the ‘Need to Investigate the Concession of Airports in Nigeria’ by Rep. Kama Nkemkanma (LP, Ebonyi) at Wednesday’s...
Section 42(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (As Amended) guarantees every citizen the right to freedom from discrimination including age. The Senate has urged the Federal Ministry of Labour, Employment, and Productivity and other relevant agencies to discourage public and private employers from publishing job advertisements with implicit biases that deprive qualified Nigerians of gainful employment based on age. This as the lawmakers also called for...
According to the Motion Sponsor, Senator Barau Jibrin, the deplorable state of the roads across the country has led to a decline in agricultural activities, which is affecting the movement of agricultural produce. The Senate has resolved to set up an Ad-hoc Committee to come up with a compendium of federal roads affected by erosion across the country to be forwarded to the Executive Arm for urgent intervention. This was...
Rep. Idem noted that on April 4, 2023, a 17-year-old boy, Ibuchim Ofezie, was killed by some police patrol operatives, while Bakare Idris Demola was shot dead by Kabiru Odejimi, a Police officer in Oregun, Lagos on 28th May 2023. The House of Representatives on Tuesday, observed a minute silence for Ivan Onose Omhonrina and other victims, who tragically lost their lives as a result of stray bullets fired by officers of...
According to the Motion Sponsor, 25 percent of the original N6.4bn contract awarded by the NDDC for the construction of a shoreline protective wall designed with a geo-tube technology in Ayetoro Community, was reportedly paid. The Senate has mandated its Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) when constituted, to investigate the multi-billion naira shoreline protection contract awarded in Ayetoro Community, Ondo State with a view to finding an alternative solution where...
The motion allows for bills that were passed by a previous assembly but, not assented to, to be presented again to the House for consideration. The House of Representatives has passed a motion seeking to reconsider Bills passed by the 9th National Assembly but were not assented to by the immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari. The motion presented at its sitting on Tuesday, by the Leader of the House, Rep. Julius Ihonvbere, came...
President Tinubu had stressed that the loan facility will expand coverage of shock-responsive safety net supports for all vulnerable Nigerians and the cost of meeting basic needs under the Conditional Cash Transfer window of the National Social Safety Net Programme. READ ALSO: $800m Loan: Tinubu seeks Senate’s approval for 12 million poor households The House of Representatives has announced the composition of an Ad-hoc committee on Aids, Loans, and Debts management, which is scheduled...
Odudoh noted that the non-remittance of crude sales, royalties and taxes by NNPCL into the Federation Account is a recurring decimal. The House of Representatives on Wednesday, resolved to investigate allegation of non-remittance of revenues to the Federal Government account by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). The House also resolved to investigate the accusation against the company by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) of short-changing Nigerians by refusing to...
The TETFUND Boss revealed that since 2013, the FG has borrowed over N370 billion from the fund to meet pressing needs. The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has refuted allegations of a missing N2.3 trillion from its coffers. This is as its Executive Secretary, Sonny Echono, informed a House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee that the Federal Government is owing the Fund the sum of N323 billion. Echono, made the disclosure at a public...
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