The Speaker said despite enormous resources that have already been committed to curbing the issue of crude oil theft, the menace has continued unabated. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas (APC, Kaduna), has said that Nigeria has lost about $46 billion (N16.25 trillion) to crude oil theft between 2009 to 2020. The Speaker spoke while inaugurating the ad hoc committee saddled with the responsibility of investigating crude oil theft and loss...
The lawmaker appealed to members of the public with any useful information related to Modupe’s murder to contact the Nigeria Police Force. A Member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Akin Rotimi Williams Jnr (APC, Ekiti) has condemned in the strongest terms, the brutal murder of Miss Deborah Atanda Modupe, a student of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE). In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, Rep. Rotimi called on the Government of Ekiti...
The Senate leader said the PEPT verdict brings to an end politics and appealed to the petitioners to collaborate with President Tinubu to deliver his “Renewed Hope Agenda”. Following the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), which affirmed President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the 2023, Presidential Election, the Leader of the Senate, Senator Micheal Opeyemi Bamidele, (APC, Ekiti) has stated that the verdict marks the beginning of governance, and appealed to petitioners to...
The IPU and IPEN Global Webinar termed the ‘Public Engagement Hub Seminar,’ is in a bid to assess how parliaments globally are enabling people to connect with and participate in the law-making, policy formulation and oversight processes that impact their lives now and into the future. Seminar on Public Petitions: Case studies from Nigeria Date and Time: Wednesday 4 October; 09:00–10:00 GMT+1 / UK time; 10:00–11:00 CET Speakers: Hon Uzoma...
Rep. Rurum warned that security agencies will not be blamed for oil theft at the hearing as stakeholders in the oil sectors have to be held to account. The House of Representatives ad hoc committee set up to investigate crude oil theft and loss of revenue from gas has vowed to unveil the identities of those behind the theft of crude in the country. Chairman of the committee, Rep. Kabiru Alhassan Rurum (NNPP, Kano) made...
Representatives of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources insisted that IOCs have a reputation for keeping their gas metering and its readings hidden thereby, preventing independent assessment. The House of Representatives has directed international Oil Companies, IOCs, operating in Nigeria, to reconcile their positions and ensure that the appropriate amount of money is paid as a penalty into the federal government coffers for gas flaring. The directive follows emerging claims over the accessibility of regulatory agencies...
A new 17-Member Board and Management team had last Friday been named by the President and tasked with ensuring a new era of successful administration in the NDDC, in line with his Renewed Hope agenda. President Bola Tinubu has nominated two former lawmakers in the amended nominations for the Board and Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). As contained in a communication by Presidential Media Aide, Ajuri Ngelale, the new...
The clerk of the committee said the chairman had directed that the hearing was not for media coverage. The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the utilization of ecological funds released to the National Agency for Great Green Wall (NAGGW), on Tuesday, barred journalists from covering its proceedings. Recall that the committee was last week, inaugurated by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, who said the hearing is to probe all funds received from international organisations and donor...
Former governors Gbenga Daniel, Adams Oshiomhole and Abdulaziz Yari chair the Standing Committees on Navy, Interior and Water Resources, respectively As is common in parliaments all over the world, the legislature is organised into committees specialised in different areas of governance to play a crucial role in the legislative process. These committees referred to as Standing Committees, review and shape proposed legislation, carry out probes (investigations), and oversee government agencies within their...
This Public Engagement Hub seminar holding on October 4 between 09.00-10.00 (WAT) virtually, is championed by IPU’s Centre for Innovation in Parliament and will be broadcast in English, French and Spanish. Following the release of the 2022 IPU-UNDP Global Parliamentary Report on Public Engagement in the work of Parliament, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the International Parliament Engagement Network (IPEN) are set to organise a webinar. Dubbed the ‘Public Engagement...
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