The Speaker who bemoaned the abuse of tax incentives by public institutions and companies benefiting from it, said the probe seeks to end all forms of economic sabotage in the country. The House of Representatives has inaugurated an ad-hoc committee to commence investigating allegations of abuse of tax incentives, tax breaks, and tax waivers by public institutions and companies benefiting from tax incentives in Nigeria, on Thursday in Abuja. Inaugurating the committee on Thursday,...
The Speaker said the hearing is to investigate all funds received from International organizations and Donor agencies since 2015, for the Great Green Wall project., expose corruption, and ensure the implementation of the project. The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating funds accrued to the Great Green Wall project from 2015 to date, has begun its assignment, with the Inaugural sitting held on Wednesday, in Abuja. Declaring the event open, Speaker of the House, Rep....
Prof. Bassey said the need for urgent replacement of health workers owing to brain drain, poses a major challenge in complying with the Federal Character Act. The Chairman of the Committee of Chief Medical Directors/Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Hospitals, Prof. Emem Bassey, has informed that African countries are poaching Nigerian medical doctors and other health professionals. This is as he revealed that countries like Sierra Leone and Gambia are offering Nigerian doctors up to...
Forty-one percent (41%) of the total Standing Committees in Nigeria’s Tenth House of Representatives recently constituted, are chaired by members of the eight opposition parties in the Green Chamber. In this piece, we highlight the 55 Committees chaired by opposition lawmakers and their leadership/parties. READ ALSO: 10th NASS: Composition of the House of Reps Standing Committees Nigeria’s House of Representatives is currently on recess. Shortly before the lawmakers embarked on recess, however,...
Rep. Gagdi said prior to the commencement of the hearing, he warned committee members that they would be targets of mischief makers. The Chairman of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating job racketeering in Federal Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC, Plateau) has summoned all the Vice Chancellors of Federal Universities to appear before it on Friday, over allegation of bribery and extortion by a member of the ad-hoc committee. Gagdi,...
The Bayelsa State legislators insisted that before an operation of such magnitude is carried out, protocol demands that the Governor be informed, especially given that there was no imminent threat to national security. The Bayelsa State caucus of the House of Representatives has condemned in the strongest terms, the recent invasion of the Opu-Nembe community of Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State by officials of the Nigerian Police Force SWAT department. The lawmakers...
Hon. Obasa insisted that its decision to reject the nominees was in accordance with the constitution, adding that it would not yield to threats or intimidation. Following the rejection of some nominees sent in by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, by the Lagos State House of Assembly, the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, has alleged threats against him and other members of the Assembly over the decision. The speaker revealed this during Monday’s plenary, stating that he had received...
Rep. Ogene revealed that only two transport companies benefitted from a sixteen billion naira loan for the purchase of buses for Public Mass Transit Buses in 2012, liquidated their loans. The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee constituted to investigate the ‘Failure of Federal Mass Transit Schemes in Nigeria since 1999,’ has condemned the serial mismanagement of humongous government investments under the Urban Mass Transit Scheme. It also expressed worry that despite the...
In terms of gender distribution, one hundred and twenty-four (124) male members chair ninety-three per cent (93%) of the Committees, while nine (9) out of the fifteen (15) female members of the House chair seven (7%) of the committees. Seven weeks after the inauguration of the Tenth National Assembly, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas announced the Standing Committees of the 10th House of Representatives to enable...
The Senator’s media aide noted that the scholarship scheme will be extended to all students from Kano North studying in Nigeria. The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, has granted scholarships to 628 students enrolled at Bayero University Kano (BUK). These students, who hail from the Kano North Senatorial District, which Senator Jibrin represents, have been awarded N50,000 each as part of this initiative. Flagging off the scheme at the School...
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