Reps are set to carry out a holistic investigation into the activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and missions with concerns over models of visa applications by Nigerians in foreign missions including express services. The House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its Committee on Foreign Affairs yet again to carry out a holistic investigation into the activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and missions. This was a sequel to a motion brought by...
The Senate has mandated that children with disabilities should not be denied access to schools and public buildings. The Senate has disclosed that the Disabilities Commission has posted sign language interpreters to the National Assembly, to interpret both plenary proceedings and public hearings. This is as it was disclosed that the sign language interpreters will commence its activities from next week. As a call for full implementation of the Disabilities Act, the Red Chamber has...
The House directed the CBN to withdraw the ambiguous 0.5% cybersecurity levy. The House of Representatives has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend the implementation of the cybersecurity levy recently introduced. The House expressed concerns that the bank’s directive could be misunderstood by the public thereby making them kick against the Cybercrime Act. The house said it was further worried that this is coming at a time when Nigerians are experiencing the...
The bill amongst other things seeks to ensure significant improvements in the welfare capacity and independence of judicial officers holders at both the state and federal levels. The Senate has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to increase the salaries of judicial officers. The bill amongst other things seeks to ensure significant improvements in the welfare capacity and independence of judicial officers holders at both the state and federal levels. This followed the consideration...
If no drastic measures are taken to curb the escalating insecurity situation in the country and in schools, the entire school system may end up being shut down due to the activities of miscreants and hoodlums. The House of Representatives has called for the presence of Police and Security agents across Schools of the Federation to avert the abduction of school children which has become a troubling trend in many Nigerian Schools noting that policemen...
OrderPaper does a yeoman’s task of updating citizens on bills being processed by the National Assembly every plenary day. The law on the controversial cybersecurity levy may not have caught millions unaware if these BILLS BOARD updates are taken seriously. Here’s a however throwback to how the bill became law while we slept on our duty to be vigilant. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently directed banks and other financial institutions to commence a...
The stakeholders said betting, lottery and gaming remain a veritable development instrument to make sports entertainment a revenue-spinning venture. The Director General of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Mr Lanre Gbajabiamila;Â Deputy Director of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Sandra Agbor;Â and other stakeholders have warned against scrapping betting and gambling in Nigeria. The stakeholders said betting, lottery and gaming remain a veritable development instrument to make sports entertainment a revenue-spinning venture. These...
The Senate has decided to keep track of the migration of domestic workers from other countries, from State to State and from one employer to another employer for security purposes. The Senate has resolved to protect domestic workers and their employers against assaults, abuse and killing in some situations. To ensure security for Nigerian citizens, the Red Chamber has also decided to keep track of the migration of domestic workers from other countries, from State...
The bill sponsor says that the programme would assist in addressing criminal activity and insecurity that resulted from unemployment. The Senate has passed for second reading a bill seeking the establishment of a National internship and unemployment benefit scheme. This followed the consideration of a bill titled, “A Bill for an Act to Establish National Internship and Unemployment Benefit Scheme and for other matters connected therewith, 2024″ sponsored by Senator Shuaib Salisu (APC, Ogun Central),...
Abundant natural resources should have been a source of prosperity and development; rather, the host communities have suffered from pollution which is an indictment on oil-producing firms and the Ministry of Environment. The House of Representatives Joint Committees have disclosed that the oil-producing communities in Nigeria have experienced environmental degradation and socio-economic marginalisation following decades of oil exploration and exploitation. The Joint Committees comprising Environment, Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Petroleum Resources (Downstream), and Climate Change further...
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