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The lawmakers issued NIPOST a two-year deadline to develop a re-strategise or risk being fully privatized.   The Senate has warned that the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) would be privatised should the agency continues to run at a deficit. The warning was issued by the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Finance, Appropriations, National Planning, and Economic Affairs, and the Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), on Tuesday, at...

Bamidele said diaspora voting is about ensuring greater inclusion in the country’s electoral process. The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele has informed that the Senate will this week, commence consideration of diaspora’s voting rights as part of its ongoing review of the 1999 constitution (as amended. Bamidele revealed this during a virtual diaspora dialogue organised by the Directorate of Diaspora and International Affairs, Office of the Senate Leader in collaboration with Engage Diaspora...

The motion sponsor posited that provisional admission racketeering practice is being used as a malicious tool to exploit and frustrate intelligent young Nigerians seeking admission into Nigerian universities. The Senate has directed its Committees on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions to investigate the allegations of admission racketeering and admission fraud in universities across the country. This is even as it summoned the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, the Registrar of Joint...

The Senate also asked the Customs Service to reduce the number of checkpoints at border communities to aid the free flow of goods. The Senate has directed the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to discipline its personnel who mishandle firearms at the borders of the country. It also urged the Service to decrease the number of checkpoints at borders, to facilitate the free movement of commodities, These are part of the recommendations of the ad-hoc committee,...

The motion sponsor warned that if urgent action is not taken, lopsided employment will weaken the cohesion of the Civil Service with its attendant damage to governance and service delivery. The Senate has directed its Committee on Establishment and Public Service Matters, Committee on Employment, Labour, and Productivity and the Committee on Federal Character to carry out a holistic Investigation on the illegal employment by the Federal Civil Service Commission officers. The directive is contained...

The Senate called for a halt to further privatisation of mining assets until its committee on solid minerals concludes the investigation. The Senate has mandated its Committee on Solid Minerals Development to investigate the immediate and remote causes of dwindling revenue derivable from solid minerals development in the country. It also called for a review of all the BPE privatisation or commercialisation programmes of all mining and mineral resources-related programmes from 1999 to date and...