Adedeji said FIRS will develop data that can be used to identify affluent Nigerians, who pay insufficient tax. The Senate has screened and confirmed the appointment of Zach Adedeji as Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The confirmation comes two weeks after President Bola Tinubu appointed his former Special Adviser on Revenue, Adedeji, as the new FIRS Chairman. Shortly after the nominee’s presentation, Senator Adams Oshiomhole (APC, Edo North) in supporting the...
The motion sponsor said the lack of transparency in the implementation of the previous Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes was fraught with fraud, as funds intended for vulnerable people were misappropriated by individuals. The House of Representatives has invited the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betty Edu, to provide a detailed policy document adopted in the allocation and distribution of N1 trillion Conditional Cash Transfer to 15 million households in Nigeria to ensure transparency...
In passing the supplementary budget, the lawmakers urged President Tinubu to give priority to the security, agriculture, and infrastructure sectors in the implementation. The 2023 supplementary budget received expeditious passage in the Senate and the House of Representatives. The proposed N2.17 trillion 2023 supplementary Budget scaled through second reading in both chambers of the National Assembly following receipt of a letter from President Bola Tinubu seeking consideration and approval of the proposal. President Tinubu also...
The Court threw out the appeal filed by Ohere for lacking in merit. The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, has affirmed Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan (PDP) as the winner of the Kogi Central Senatorial Election conducted earlier in February. The court on Tuesday, dismissed the appeal filed by Senator Abubakar Sadiku Ohere (APC, Kogi Central) for lacking in merit. Recall that in September, the Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal in Lokoja had nullified the victory...
As October ends, Nigerians anticipate commencement of legislative work on the 2024 Budget Estimates given the new budget cycle. In keeping with its commitment to close the gap between citizens and the parliament, OrderPaper’s Legislative Intelligence Forecast Entry (LIFE) Service by Kauthar Anumba Khaleel, gives a forecast of actions to be taken this week by the National Assembly. The Federal Government will present the 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP)...
The House described the directive as timely and commendable considering complaints by Nigerians about hospitals that refuse treatment of victims of gunshot, and robbery, who do not present police reports. The House of Representatives has commended the office of the Inspector-General of Police for its recent directive to all police formations and commands on the compulsory adherence to the Treatment and Care of Victims of Gunshot Act 2017. This even it urged the Nigeria Police...
The organisation also called for the immediate reinstatement of the National Stakeholders Working Group (NSWG) of NEITI. The Centre for Transparency Advocacy has commended the House of Representatives over its resolve to probe the N8 trillion unremitted revenue and fuel subsidy scam. It also urged the House to address the issues revealed by the report and ensure that perpetrators are penalised. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday, by the Executive Director of...
The House spokesman dismissed the narrative that the speaker balkanized the ‘traditional Standing Committees’ for political patronage. The House of Representatives has since its inauguration in June 2023, passed over 1,800 bills for first reading and received over 100 petitions brought by Nigerians. This is even as it will consider the report of the Legislative agenda and Amended House Standing Orders next week. The Chairman of the House Committee on Chairman of the Rules and...
Rep. Bungundu said the institute aims to offer a path to economic growth and diversification through education and skills development. In a bid to address the alarming case of unemployment and economic diversification in the country, the House of Representatives has passed for second reading a bill to establish a special institute to tackle unemployment. Sponsor of the Bill, Rep. Abdulmalik Zubairu Bungudu (APC, Zamfara) said it is aimed at amending the Federal Polytechnic (Establishment)...
The Legislative Agenda identifies and highlights the direction the House intends to take to achieve its goals over the next four years. The House of Representatives failed to consider the report on the Legislative Agenda despite listing it on the Order Paper for consideration. The report on the Agenda was listed for consideration alongside the report of the Ad-hoc Committee on the Review of Standing Orders of the House, however, they were not taken. Recall...
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