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...
According to the NDDC Act 2000 (as amended), all International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in the Niger Delta Region are to provide interventions in oil-producing states. The House of Representatives has directed all oil companies operating in the Niger Delta region to adhere to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Act, just as it resolved to investigate the flagrant disobedience by the companies. These decisions were contained in a motion on the ‘Need to...
The motion sponsor lamented that besides the deaths recorded in the Ondo Petrol tanker explosion, other people sustained different degrees of injuries. The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an Ad-hoc Committee to investigate the petrol tanker explosion, which occurred at Ore in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, claiming over thirty (30) lives. The lawmakers also directed the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management...
The motion sponsor said oil spillage has affected homes, farmlands, and also polluted streams in Ogale, Aleto, Akpajo, Agbonchia, Onne, Okpaku and Alesa Communities in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State The House of Representatives tasked the Federal Ministry of Environment, the Nigerian Oil Spill Detection Response Agency (NOSDRA), and the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) to immediately commence the cleanup of recent Oil Spillage in affected communities in...
The motion allows for bills that were passed by a previous assembly but, not assented to, to be presented again to the House for consideration. READ ALSO: 9th NASS: OrderPaper inducts five lawmakers into MVP Hall of Fame The House of Representatives has considered eight (8) Bills passed by the immediate past Assembly but without assent by the immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari. Moving the motion, the Majority Leader, Rep. Julius...
The motion sponsor said the failure of the NPHCDA to implement the Basic Health Care Provision Fund in his constituency, has resulted in an increase in maternal and infant mortality rates in rural communities. READ ALSO: Brain Drain: Senator Oloriegbe advocates special categorisation for health workers The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Health and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) to activate the Basic Health Care Provisions...
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 House of Representatives mandated the Committee on Appropriations (when constituted) to include rehabilitation and reconstruction of the affected roads in Fagge into the 2024 Budget estimates. READ ALSO: Irepodun: “Ancestral homes, graves are being wiped away” – Reps to FG The House of Representatives has tasked the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to intervene and distribute relief materials to flood victims in Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State....
The motion sponsor lamented that stalls in the markets were submerged by flood, while expressing sadness over the effect of flooding on four communities in Irepodun/Orolu/Olorunda and Osogbo Federal Constituency of Osun State. The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministries of Environment, Works and Housing and other relevant Ministries, Department, and Agencies (MDAs) to release funds for dredging of blocked canals and other hydraulic structures in Irepodun and Osogbo Federal...
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