On this edition of Parliament Spotlight, the focus is on key processes leading up to the election of Presiding Officers in both chambers of the National Assembly and Sani Magaji Tambuwal; the chief bureaucrat in Nigeria’s highest legislative body. READ ALSO: Parliament Meme: 10 Things to expect at inauguration of 10th House In a few hours, it will be yet another milestone in governance for Africa’s largest democracy; as the tenth set of...
Valedictory Speech by Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the Ninth House of Representatives (2019 – 2023) to Members of the Green Chamber READ ALSO: 9th NASS: OrderPaper inducts five lawmakers into MVP Hall of Fame “Honourable colleagues, fellow Nigerians: I thank God almighty, by whose grace and mercy we have gathered here once more in the people’s House to do our duty even as our time in the 9th...
Perceived in many quarters as corrupt, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu laments ‘thief tag’ placed on him, ‘explains’ source of wealth before sojourn into politics READ ALSO: Abia Reps; Kalu, Abonta, Onyejeocha, sponsored 35 bills or more | National Assembly Scorecard The valedictory session of the Ninth Senate has been held on Saturday, eliciting reactions from citizens across the country. The session, which is the last official meeting for lawmakers elected to the...
The Senate has passed the report by the Conference Committee on a Bill for an Act to make comprehensive provisions for the prohibition and punishment of sexual harassment of students in educational institutions. The bill titled: ‘A Bill for an Act to prevent, prohibit and redress Sexual Harassment of Students in Tertiary Educational Institutions and for matters concerned therewith, 2019,’ was sponsored by the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege,...
Senator Uche Ekwunife announces the demise of 63-year-old Okonkwo; a former lawmaker who represented Anambra Central Senatorial District in the 6th Assembly on the floor of the Ninth Senate on Thursday. A former member of the National Assembly, Senator Clement Annie Okonkwo, has passed on. The demise of the former lawmaker who represented Anambra Central Senatorial District in the 6th Assembly was announced on the floor of the Ninth Senate on Thursday by...
At Valedictory Session of the Ninth House of Representatives, Chairman of Rules and Business Committee gives breakdown of the total bills considered by the House in four years as 2,232 with the bulk of 2,017 sponsored by members READ ALSO: 9th NASS: OrderPaper inducts five lawmakers into MVP Hall of Fame Speaker of the Ninth House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has highlighted major achievements of the Chamber in the last...
Ninth Senate set for valedictory session on Saturday, 10th June as Lawan defends actions of outgoing National Assembly in ensuring service delivery by the executive arm of government READ ALSO: 9th NASS: OrderPaper inducts five lawmakers into MVP Hall of Fame President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has disclosed that the 9th Assembly has passed over a...
Lawmakers also called on government to provide adequate healthcare for Emmanuel Pam; the other victim who was injured in the sad event. The House of Representatives has called for an urgent investigation, justice and compensation for the family of Kenneth Gyang, an eighteen-year-old allegedly killed by men of Operation Safe Haven; a Special Task Force in Plateau State. The House, in a resolution during plenary on Tuesday, also called for...
President schedules meeting with all Senators-elect and the Members-elect of the House of Representatives in the Tenth National Assembly for Thursday, swears in Senator George Akume as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Ahead of Tuesday’s inauguration of the Tenth National Assembly, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has invited Senators-elect and Members-elect for a meeting on Thursday, at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja. This was contained in a letter from...
The Senate has expressed disappointment over the controversies that have trailed the Federal Government’s action of flying an aircraft belonging to Ethiopia Airline into Abuja for the inauguration of a national carrier, Nigeria Air. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Biodun Olujimi (PDP, Ekiti South), during a Committee meeting with officials of the Ministry of Aviation and other stakeholders in the industry. Olujimi frowned...
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