The NPA explained that Nigeria lost billions of naira due to faulty concessions granted to private operators by the federal government in the past The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has blamed faulty concessions entered into with private operators by the Federal Government for huge sums of unremitted revenues. The authority, however, said the Wold Bank is assiting it to rectify the bad deals and that it had been able to recover a fraction of what...
The controversy over the content of the budget box laid before a joint session of the National Assembly by President Tinubu was stoked by a combination of ignorance, misstep, and mischief Public discourse, especially on social media, was inundated with the controversy over the alleged empty budget box presented to the National Assembly by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday, 29 November 2023, during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives. The...
The national assembly joint committee flayed officials of the correctional service who fiddled and fidgeted in providing answers to questions The Senate has lambasted officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) over the inhumane conditions of inmates in their custody. This followed series of questions thrown at the officials by lawmakers during the 2024 budget defence with the National Assembly joint committees on Interior on Thursday, December 7, 2023. Trouble started when Sen. Adams Oshiomhole...
The committee said circumstances surrounding the botched Nigeria Air adventure will be unravelled and findings made to Nigerians The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation Technology is set to probe the controversy that trailed the launch of the Nigeria Air project. The committee’s chairman, Abiodun Isaq Akinlade (APC, Ogun), disclosed this at the committee’s inauguration on Thursday, December 7, 2023 at the National Assembly. The federal government, under the immediate past Muhammadu Buhari administration, had...
The committee says it is fully aware of its mandate, which includes focusing on the area councils to catch up with the rest of the federal capital in terms of development The House of Representatives Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Councils and Auxiliary Matters says it will prioritise resettlement schemes, agriculture, and development across the area councils. The committee chairman, Agbedi Yeitiemone Fredrick (PDP, Bayelsa), disclosed this at the committee’s inauguration on Wednesday,...
The house committee, happy with the recent amendment to the customs and excise law, promised to strictly monitor the revenue generation and remittances of the customs service Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise said it will provide a strict oversight over the activities of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to ensure enhanced revenue generation and remittances to public coffers. Rep. Leke Abejide (ADC, Kogi), Chairman of the Committee, made this declaration at the...
The former labour leader says the government must scale up efforts to address unemployment as prisoners from other countries have made matters worse by taking up jobs meant for Nigerians Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Adams Oshiomhole (APC, Edo North) has lamented the high unemployment rate in the country, which he linked to the number of foreign prisoners who get into the country under false pretences, pose as tourists, and take up legal...
The representatives took an unreserved swipe at the electoral body, including the widely held view of its battered image from the last general elections The House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters has expressed displeasure over the absence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the planned 2024 budget defence hearing. The House had scheduled Wednesday, December 6, for the electoral body to appear and defend its budget estimates. However, the meeting did not...
The interior minister says the poor release of funds constrained the efforts of hardworking personnel of the immigration service to secure the country’s borders The Minister of interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has called for an urgent need to secure Nigeria’s borders in order to reduce the risks of insecurity in the country. This is as he stressed that further delays in securing the border will amount to continuous threat to the country’s internal security. He...
The NPA may be compelled to appear before the Senate panel to answer queries regarding an alleged one billion dollars revenue leak as well as other huge sums unaccounted for The management of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) has come under fire from the Senate Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for declining invitations to respond to questions on a $1 billion alleged to be missing by the report of the Auditor-General of the Federation (AuGF)....
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