Nigeria’s newly created livestock ministry will receive 75 billion naira from the 6 trillion naira additional expednditure approved in the 2024 budget The newly created federal ministry of livestock development has been allocated 75 billion naira as take-off funds in the 6 trillion naira additional expenditure approved for the 2024 appropriation act. This is contained in the breakdown of the revised budget approved by the national assembly last month before it proceeded on its annual...
Confusion continues to rip through the house over dissolution of NNPCL probe committee as a $1.7 million allegation raises fresh furore The controversy surrounding the dissolution of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating endemic corruption in Nigeria’s oil sector is far from over as lawmakers including the speaker, Tanjudeen Abbas, and deputy speaker, Benjamin Kalu, are allegedly at log ahead over a $1.7 million bribe allegation. This is also as Rep. Ikenga Ugochinyere (PDP,...
Almost one year after concluding an investigation on oil theft and stalling on the report, another committee of the House of Representatives has vowed to unravel how Nigeria lost over $10bn to the plague in the last 7 months. One year after an ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives concluded investigation into oil theft and failing to act on a report laid before plenary, another panel of the parliament has begun another probe. This...
Onuigbo, a climate change icon and former representative from Abia state, hails President Tinubu for assenting to the south-east development commission bill Member representing the south-east geopolitical zone on the governing board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), Rep. Sam Onuigbo, has hailed President Bola Tinubu for assenting to the south east development commission (SEDC) bill sponsored by deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, and others. This was contained in...
The minority caucus believes dialogue between the federal government and those planning to protest can be beneficial The minority caucus of the House of Representatives has called on the federal government to immediately initiate dialogue with promoters of a planned protest over economic hardship in the country. This was part of the caucus’ resolution released at the end-of-session dinner held in Abuja on Tuesday. Speaking with reporters after the dinner, chairman of the caucus, Rep....
The House has expressed readiness to partner with sub-nationals to reduce malnutrition, hunger and boost food security in Nigeria The House of Representatives has called for effective collaboration between governments at national and sub-national level and development partners in order to reduce malnutrition and improve food security across the country. Chairman of the house committee on nutrition and food security, Rep Chike Okafor (APC, Imo) made the call during the launch of the national legislative...
Bill sponsor and deputy speaker, Benjamin Kalu, praises President Bola Tinubu for signing the south east commission bill into law President Bola Tinubu has assented to the South East Development Commission (SEDC) bill. The bill was sponsored by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Okezie Kalu. This was made known by the Deputy Speaker on Wednesday night as he expressed gratitude to the President. It will be recalled that the bill...
As the nation continues to grapple with pressing concerns, OrderPaper predicts, in this week’s Legislative Intelligent Forecast Entry (LIFE), issues that will engage the National Assembly this week Nigeria has experienced pressing issues that require urgent attention in the past week. As the National Assembly reconvenes for this week’s legislative activities, it is expected that investigations into the Dangote, NNPCL and NMDPRA saga will deepen. It is also expected that the ₦70,000 new minimum wage...
The House committee summoned the FCT area council chairmen over failure to appear and defend budgetary allocations. The House of Representatives Committee on Abuja Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and ancillary matters has vowed to investigate the six Area council chairmen over expenditure and budgetary allocations. The lawmakers insisted that the chairmen must appear unfailingly next week Chairman of the committee, Rep. Fred Agbedi (PDP, Bayelsa) gave the charge during a hearing on Tuesday, which was...
The House has advanced a bill to create an additional state in the south-east geopolitical zone so as to address the imbalance in the country A bill seeking the creation of Etiti state from the five states in the south-east geo-political zone scaled through second reading in the House of Representatives on Thursday. The proposed new state would encompass 11 existing local government areas from the region. The piece of legislation is sponsored by Rep....
