January 2024 - Page 3 of 9 - Parliament Reports

ISCMDS hails Barbados Diplomat

NewsroomJanuary 28, 20241 min

Ambassador Chad Blackman was recently appointed Senator and Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment of the Barbados Government. The International School of Conflict Management and Diplomatic Studies (ISCMDS) has congratulated Ambassador Chad Blackman on his appointment as Senator and Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment of the Barbados Government. A statement by the ISCMDS signed by Julius Atanawhemera, Esq. founder and president, said Amb. Blackman’s appointment is well-deserved and...

Citizens Speak Leg'ACE Programme

Nigeria’s newly enacted Students Loan Act sparks heated debate among citizens

Op-ed EditorJanuary 28, 202414 min

Efio-Ita Nyok, from Abuja, writes on a recent plenary session held by the Active Citizens Engaging the Legislature (ACEs) on the recently assented Higher Education Act, popularly known as the Students Loan Act. In a plenary session organized by Active Citizens Engaging the Legislature (ACEs), a programme under the aegis of OrderPaper, Nigeria’s foremost independent parliamentary monitoring organisation and policy think tank that bridges the gap between people and parliament, a robust debate on the...

House of Representatives

Abbas, Chinda, Jaha, among 24 lawmakers to watch in 2024

Beloved JohnJanuary 26, 202419 min

The year 2024 holds high expectations of the National Assembly of Nigeria just as the lawmakers will be out and about their duties to deliver on the mandate of law-making, representation and oversight A few days ago, OrderPaper focused on 12 senators in the first part of the signature series, 24 lawmakers to watch out for in 2024. In this sequel and presented in no particular order, the spotlight is on 12 lawmakers from the House of...

House of Representatives

NASS to strengthen PIA, NEITI law for Clean Energy transition

Elizabeth AtimeJanuary 26, 20245 min

“As a Committee, our agenda is targeted at introducing key amendments to the Petroleum Industry Act, to ensure stronger provisions for clean energy transition.” The National Assembly (NASS) has said it will repeal the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) and Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) to ensure stronger provisions to ensure clean energy transition and cleanse the oil and gas sector. These revelations were made on Thursday, 25 January 2024 when the National Assembly joint...

Student Loan: ASUU bent on maintaining poor tertiary education model – Lawmaker

Beloved JohnJanuary 26, 20245 min

Rep. Terseer Ugbor, says ASUU is bent on maintaining a model of financing tertiary education that has depleted the quality of education in the country over the years. The Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee On Student Loans and Access To Higher Education, Rep. Terseer Ugbor (APC, Benue), says the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is the only academic body that opposes the Student Loan Act despite its potential benefits for citizens,...

Citizens Speak

IDE 2024: “We need to go back to the drawing board and address the limitations of the Students’ Loan Act” – Sen. Neda Imasuen

Sharon EboesomiJanuary 26, 20247 min

In response to the barriers hindering the Student Loan Act, OrderPaper Nigeria hosted a high-level discourse featuring lawmakers, active citizens, and students. The Students’ Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act, 2023, which aims to provide interest-free loans for public higher education in Nigeria, gained Presidential assent on 12th June 2023 and has since been making the rounds in the media and among Nigerians. As the name implies, the law will enable indigent students in public...

House of Representatives

IDE: Bills and motions addressing educational challenges in Nigeria

Sharon EboesomiJanuary 26, 202411 min

In this piece, OrderPaper highlights some bills and motions in the 10th House of Representatives that aim to address educational challenges facing the country. Education in Nigeria is challenged by a wide range of issues including the high cost of education, inadequate funding, poor educational infrastructure, inadequate classrooms, classroom equipment (computers, projectors, laboratories, and libraries), lack of qualified teachers, and a poor or polluted learning environment, amongst others. Seeking to address the challenges facing the...

House of Representatives

We used COVID-I9 funds to pay 13th month salary – NiMET

Beloved JohnJanuary 26, 20242 min

NiMET has told the House Committee on Public Account that the COVID fund it received was used as payment for its staff’s 13th month salary. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has said the COVID-19 intervention fund released to it in 2020 was used for the payments of 13th-month salary to all its staff. The agency disclosed this during an investigative hearing with the House of Representatives Public Account Committee on Thursday, January 24, 2024. According...

Senate

Ndume, Karimi trade words over Relocation of agencies from FCT to Lagos

Sharon EboesomiJanuary 25, 20244 min

Karimi had described Ali Ndume’s reaction to the relocation as “personal and does not in any way represent a position taken by the Senate.” The Chief Whip of the Senate, Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) has said that it is unpatriotic not to tell President Bola Ahmed Tinubu the truth about the happenings in the country. This was in response to Senator Sunday Karimi (APC, Kogi West), who had earlier described Ndume’s reaction to...

House of Representatives

NIPRD spent COVID-19 funds on Diesel in 2023 – Reps

Beloved JohnJanuary 25, 20244 min

The Public Account Committee of the House has frowned at the Nigeria Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) for spending COVID-19 funds on other projects. The House of Representatives Public Account Committee (PAC) has faulted the Nigeria Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) for using COVID-19 funds released in 2020 to execute other projects in 2023. During an investigative hearing on Wednesday, January 24, the committee chairman, Rep Bamidele Salam (PDP, Osun), pointed...

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