The Senate adjourned the session with the Service Chiefs so it could invite other officials to be present at the next interactive session The Senate has adjourned its interactive session with the service chiefs on insecurity to February 13, 2024, to ensure other relevant parties are present. The security chiefs had appeared before the Senate to address the rising insecurity in the country but the decision to invite other relevant parties resulted in the Senate...
Reps have called on President Tinubu to act due to the poor living conditions of Nigerians and called for urgent intervention over the high cost of commodities The House of Representatives on Tuesday called for immediate action by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the poor living conditions of Nigerians and called for urgent intervention by the government. OrderPaper recalls that President Tinubu in his 2024 New Year message on 1st January assured Nigerians of better...
The Senate observed a minute silence for the late Ibrahim and resolved to send a high-powered delegation to pay the family a condolence visit. The Senate on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, expressed sadness over the demise of Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim who was a former governor of Yobe State. The Senate upon resumption of the day’s plenary immediately went into an executive session for over 3 hours and after reconvening observed a minute silence in...
Where we are as a nation is a much better place than we were on May 29, 2023, according to the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun. The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun; the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu; the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso; and, Zacch Adedeji, Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) have all assured Nigerians of better days despite high inflation rate. These assurances were...
The Senate postponed the interactive session with the CBN Governor to meet with service chiefs and address security issues facing the country. The Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance, and Other Financial Institutions has postponed its interactive session with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso till Friday 9th at 9 am. This was announced by the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Adetokunbo Abiru (APC, Lagos East) on Tuesday at the committee...
Reps to feature CBN Governor, FIRS Chair, and Ministers of Finance on the latest edition of its sectoral Debate billed for the financial sector. The House of Representatives is set to hold the second edition of its Sectoral Debates/Dialogue today, 6th February 2024, as part of its periodic Policy Brief Series. The lawmakers have started arriving in preparation for the sectoral debate, although plenary is scheduled to commence at 11 am. This edition of the...
Jibrin says the move to internally generate revenue from the Nigerian Customs is due to Nigeria’s debt crises. The Senate has disclosed its intention to review upwards the N5.079 trillion 2024 revenue target of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) from the second half of the year to save the country from further borrowings. This was revealed by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs, Isah Jibrin (APC, Kogi East) Monday at a crucial meeting with the...
As the House resumes after a short break for the bye-elections, a bill for the amendment of the Electoral Act and the Criminal Code are going to be on the agenda of the House of Representatives. These, among others, will be analysed in this Legislative Intelligence Forecast Entry (LIFE) by OrderPaper. The House of Representatives on resumption from the Christmas break held its first plenary session of the year 2024 on Tuesday, 30th January with...
The LIFE article published by OrderPaper last Tuesday highlighted several topics expected to take centre stage in the National Assembly’s deliberations and some found their way into the discourse of the National Assembly. In a prescient display of foresight, OrderPaper accurately forecasted the subjects of debate within the Nigerian National Assembly for last week, as outlined in its recent LIFE article. The predictions, made with meticulous attention to detail, have proven to be remarkably on...
A Court of Appeal sacked Mwadkwon late last year and mandated a rerun within 90 days. He was also barred from the rerun election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Prince Pam Mwadkon Dachungyang as the winner of the bye-election for Plateau North senatorial district. Dachungyang of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) won with 122,442 votes defeating Yakub Muhammad Safiu of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) who polled 53,980, Christopher Musa Giwa...
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