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Edun; current Presidential Advisor on Monetary Policies had his turn Tuesday at the Ministerial Screening. He however, had to grapple with the mixed bag of accolades and bombardment that came his way. Here’s a summary of his session.     READ ALSO: Ministerial Screening: 7 Things you should know about the process       Following the Senate’s resumption of screening for Minister Designates on Tuesday, the lawmakers screened nine of the fourteen remaining nominees....

Twenty years after he was screened as Ministerial nominee, Nasir El-Rufai is back at the National Assembly for the same purpose. The odds are however different this time as Kogi West Senator raise issues about the former Kaduna Governor   READ ALSO: Take A Bow: Borno Ministerial Nominee screened without uttering a word     As Senators continue the screening of ministerial nominees on the second day of the exercise, the lawmaker representing Kogi West...

The Ministerial Nominee; Senator Abubakar Kyari is a former Member of the Borno State House of Assembly, the House of Representatives as well as the Senate and is the current Acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC)     READ ALSO: Ministerial list: Beyond mere rituals, as Nigerians await Tinubu’s ‘(wo)men’   The Senate has screened Senator Abubakar Kyari; a nominee from Borno State for possible confirmation as a Minister of the Federal...

Senate spokesperson, says screening won’t be a shadow exercise, stressing that the Senators are out for Ministers who know everything.       The Senate has said that it would commence the mandatory process of screening and confirmation of President Bola Tinubu’s 28 ministerial nominees on Monday. Upon resumption of plenary on Thursday, the Senate had received the list of nominee from Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila; Chief of Staff in the Presidency. After announcing the list,...

It is noteworthy that Nigeria is for the first time ever, testing the constitutional provision mandating the President to submit his Ministerial list within a particular time frame.   READ ALSO: The Nigerian Senate and the worrisome ‘take a bow’ tradition The Senate has received President Bola Tinubu’s list of 28 ministerial nominees for screening and confirmation by the Red Chamber. With the sixty-day constitutional window set for the President to turn in his list...

Describing it as a national issue, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe recalled that the sit-at-home action began in August 2021 when the IPOB leader was imprisoned, adding that “the criminals have used the “sit-at-home” to kill and burn houses of innocent people. READ ALSO: Reps want terrorised Katsina communities free from ‘Solar’ bandits     The Senate has condemned the “sit-at-home” order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in the South East of the country...

The motion sponsor called for a stop in estimated billing, and immediate supply of prepaid meters to all electricity consumers across the country, at affordable cost.        The Senate has urged the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) across the country, to halt the proposed increase in electricity tariff and “allow Nigerians to breathe.” These resolutions followed the adoption of a motion titled: ‘Need to halt the proposed increase...

According to Senator Oshiomhole, his comment on national television was in no way intended to accuse any lawmaker of looting equipment.   READ ALSO: Oshiomhole, Harry-Banigo, Khabeeb…Meet the oldest lawmakers in the 10th Senate       The Senate has demanded an apology from Senator Adams Oshiomhole (APC, Edo North), for accusing the lawmakers of looting equipment from their respective offices. The demand was contained a motion moved by Senator Solomon Adeola (APC, Ogun West)...

The Motion Sponsor, Senator Victor Umeh opined that the World Bank-funded NMMP Phase 2 appears to favour foreign companies’ participation, which inadvertently leads to job and revenue losses for local manufacturers.       The Senate has appealed to the Federal Government to immediately suspend the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Tender for Phase 2 of the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) being funded by the World Bank. This resolution was reached following the consideration...