Leah Fatima Twaki

The House of Representatives has called for an increase in the budget of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, to review and increase the budgetary allocation to the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP). The House highlighted that the bureau’s budget must align with the nation’s current realities in subsequent budget estimates, ensuring that it can effectively carry...

In the last House session, tax authorities allay fears on President Tinubu’s tax bills as reps demand reversal of hikes in petrol and cooking gas prices while works minister is summoned   FIRS says no new taxes will be introduced  Zacch Adedeji, chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has assured Nigerians that the ongoing President Bola Tinubu tax reform will reduce taxes, not introduce new ones or raise existing tax rates. He clarified...

The House of Representatives has called on President Tinubu to ensure timely submissions of 2025 Budget or risk rejection The House of Representatives has called on President Bola Tinubu to present the 2025 budget without further delay, warning that failure to do so could result in its outright rejection. This resolution followed a motion raised by Rep. Clement Jimbo (APC, Akwa Ibom), highlighting the executive’s non-compliance with section 11(1)(b) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA)...

A budget increase for FERMA, the ill-treatment of the super eagles by Libyan federation are major highlights from House today Reps demand 20 percent of work ministry’s 2025 budget for FERMA The House of Representatives has urged the ministries of budget and economic planning, finance and budget office of the federation, to allocate 20 percent of the ministry of works’ budget for the 2025 budget to the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) to enable  the...

Fiscal bills aimed at addressing loopholes in the existing framework and empower the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) scales second reading   In a bid to enhance Nigeria’s economic stability and strengthen the management of its financial resources, the House of Representatives on Tuesday passed for second reading a set of consolidated bills seeking to repeal the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2007 and re-enact a new Fiscal Responsibility Act, 2024. The proposed legislation, sponsored by the...

Anani, the ‘shadow speaker’ on international day of the girl-child said, “for me, I envision a future where every girl regardless of where she comes from has an opportunity to flourish”    In a groundbreaking gesture last Thursday, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen (APC Kaduna), made history by vacating his seat for 16-year-old gender advocate, Ms. Isabel Anani, to preside over a special session in honor of the International Day of...

16-year-old momentarily presided at plenary as reps demand investigation of a case of missing corps member while road safety officers may get to carry arms Reps honour the girl-child, as Abbas steps down for 16-yr-old ‘shadow speaker’ The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, on Thursday, made an unprecedented gesture by vacating his seat in plenary to honor the girl-child. A 16-year-old gender advocate, Ms. Isabel Anani, took the speaker’s chair to...

Key topics discussed in the House today included the swift passage of some establishment bills, a call to address delays in justice delivery, and efforts to tackle the issue of building collapses in Nigeria  Bills scale second reading without debate In what appears to have become the new norm in the House of Representatives, the speaker, Tajudeen Abbas again gave speedy passage to two establishment bills without debate at Wednesday’s plenary session. The two bills...

After a calling out on X social media platform, two bills sponsored by Rep. Sowunmi finally make first reading After citizens called him out for not sponsoring a bill between June 2023 and May 2024, a member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Oluwaseyi Sowunmi, representing Ojo federal constituency, Lagos state, has presented two of his bills for first reading at plenary today. Both bills titled, ‘Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (Repeal and Enactment) Bill, 2024...