April 2024 - Page 3 of 11 - Parliament Reports

Leg’ACE Communique from the National Security Conference on State Policing

Olabode AfurewajuApril 24, 202414 min

The OrderPaper Leg’ACE community is willing to lend its expertise to the process of ensuring a unified policing system devoid of political, ethnic, and religious segregation and abuse of power. The Legislative Accountability and Constituency Engagement Programme (Leg’ACE) followed up on its Active participation in governance by submitting a memorandum to the constitutional amendment committee and arbitration on March 26, 2024, on the State Police Bill ahead of the public hearing. READ MORE: OrderPaper Leg’ACE...

Corruption, politics, litigations, root cause of Nigeria’s abandoned projects – Senator Sani

Leah TwakiApril 24, 20245 min

Sani reiterated that abandoned projects have been one of the problems of governance in Nigeria as successive governments leave behind projects that ought to have been completed within their tenure for one reason or another. Senator Shehu Sani has identified corruption, political motives, and legal disputes as the primary culprits behind the prevalence of abandoned projects in Nigeria. The former lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th Assembly, articulated his views on Tuesday during the...

House of Representatives Senate

Senate committee backs 18-year minimum entry age into tertiary institutions

Sharon EboesomiApril 24, 20244 min

The Senate, according to Dandutse, would back any initiative taken by the government to expedite the admissions process, particularly with regard to the minimum age requirement for entrance into tertiary institutions. The federal government’s proposal to review the entry age into tertiary institutions has been supported by the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund. This was revealed by the committee’s chairman, Muntari Dandutse (APC, Katsina South), Tuesday in Abuja during the monitoring of the...

Solar Power: FG ready to partner with states

Elizabeth AtimeApril 24, 20243 min

FG express willingness to partner states to provide Solar power and facilitate the shift towards increased participation in the electricity market. Nigeria’s Vice President (VP) Kashim Shettima has urged stakeholders in the electricity industry to maintain the willingness to learn and adapt to the new electricity framework and timelines. The VP who was represented by Engr Sadiq Wanka, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Power further appealed to Nigerians to be patient to give...

House of Representatives

Electricity tariff: Speaker Abbas to sponsor bill for compulsory NASS consultation

Oluremi AgbejuleApril 24, 20243 min

Speaker Abbas to sponsor bill for compulsory NASS consultations on electricity as critical problems in sector must be addressed. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D, has announced plans by him to propose a law that would make it mandatory for the relevant Federal Government bodies to consult the National Assembly and other stakeholders before fixing Electricity tariff. “Accordingly, I will sponsor a bill to provide administrative procedures that entrench...

State Assemblies

Rivers Assembly overrides Fubara, passes amended LG Bill Into law

Leah TwakiApril 23, 20243 min

Rivers State House of Assembly passed the LG Bill into law overriding the assent of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The Rivers State House of Assembly at the 159th legislative sitting passed the Rivers State Local Government (Amendment) Bill into law on Monday by overriding the assent of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Political commentators see this as a move by supporters of former Governor Nyesome Wike to checkmate his successor, Fubara, as both men have been in a...

House of Representatives

State Police: Security challenges gave rise to decentralisation bill – Speaker Abbas

Leah TwakiApril 23, 20244 min

Abbas has underscored that the evolving challenges have rendered the existing unitary policing system within the Nigeria Police Force ineffective, thus prompting the demand for the establishment of state police forces. Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has stated that the emerging challenges in the country have rendered the current unitary policing system under the Nigeria Police Force ineffective, leading to calls for its decentralization by way of having state police....

National Assembly Politics Parliamentary Resources

Meet 9 members of the 10th National Assembly from Gombe State

Olabode AfurewajuApril 23, 20247 min

Gombe State, in the north-east Nigeria, has a total of nine members in the National Assembly, comprising of three senators and six representatives in the House

National Assembly Politics

BIG STORY: Will Wike Vs Fubara feud rip Rivers NASS caucus apart?

Elizabeth AtimeApril 23, 2024220 min

The prolonged political battle between Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara, and his predecessor and federal cabinet member, Nyesom Wike, threatens to rip the once-united Rivers NASS caucus apart. The unyielding political face-off rocking the Rivers state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is gradually eating into the brotherhood of the Rivers NASS (National Assembly) caucus that was hitherto united under the firm grip of Rep. Kingsley Chinda, minority leader of the House of Representatives....

President Tinubu restates commitment to security

Elizabeth AtimeApril 23, 20247 min

President Tinubu restates commitment to enhancing security in the country saying the idea of state policing is not just a mere policy proposal. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reiterated his administration’s commitment to reform the Nigeria Police Force and boost security across Nigeria. He further explained that the idea of state policing is not just a mere policy proposal, but a potential milestone in the evolution of the nation’s law enforcement framework that would create...

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