September 2025 - Page 2 of 2 - Parliament Reports

Speaker Abbas alarms on Nigeria’s soaring debt

Leah TwakiSeptember 9, 20254 min

Speaker Abbas has raised concerns about Nigeria’s rising debt stock at ₦149.39 trillion, alarmed that many African countries spend more on loan servicing than on health or education Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has assured that ongoing economic reforms are putting the country’s debt profile on a more sustainable path. This is as Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, cautioned that the nation’s borrowing has...

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Report: 80m youth jobless, 1,500 schools shut

Leah TwakiSeptember 8, 20254 min

In commemoration of International Youth Day, a troubling statistics about the state of the Nigerian youth has been unveiled A new report by a Non-Governmental Organization, Plan International Nigeria, has revealed that 80 million young Nigerians representing 53 percent of the population are unemployed and over 1,500 schools have been shut down in the past two years. While raising an alarm over the worsening conditions confronting Nigerian youths, the group warned that unemployment, insecurity, and...

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Reps push stronger council laws, fair revenue formula

Leah TwakiSeptember 4, 20255 min

The House of Representatives has reaffirmed it support of strengthening the legislative capacity at the local government level The House of Representatives has emphasised the importance of strengthening bye-law making processes at the local government level in order to deepen governance and accountability. Chairman, House committee on delegated legislation, Rep. Richard Olufemi Bamisile (APC Ekiti), stated this on Wednesday at the ongoing national retreat organised by the House of Representatives in collaboration with the Association of...

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