SERAP in an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, urged him to stop the leadership and members of the House from taking delivery of 360 Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs). The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a Civil Society Organisation, has vowed to stop the National Assembly from taking delivery of 360 Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) estimated at N57.6 billion. This is even as it asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to withhold delivery...
Kalu said he was buoyed by the court judgment. The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has hailed the Court of Appeal for upholding his election and also dismissing the petition of the Action Alliance (AA), which challenged his victory at the February 25, election for Bende Federal Constituency of Abia State. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr. Levinus Nwabughiogu, Kalu expressed gratitude to the judiciary for...
The Accountant-General said the late submission of the consolidated statement of the financial report was due to the delay in the appointment of the Auditor-General of the Federation. The House Representatives has summoned the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Folasade Yemi-Esan, to appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) over the delay in the appointment of the Auditor-General of the Federation. It also queried the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) over...
The motion sponsor said correctional centers across the country house more inmates than they are built to accommodate. To address the overcrowded state of correctional centers across the country, the House of Representatives has called for the assessment and rehabilitation of offenders. The House also directed the Federal Ministry of the Interior to rehabilitate and decongest Nigeria’s correctional centers. These resolutions are contained in a motion on the “Decongestion of Correctional Service Centres in Nigeria,”...
The Reps want the sums collected as penalties released to host communities of the Niger Delta to cushion the effects of environmental degradation caused by gas flare. The House of Representatives has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to release the sum of N27.6bn collected as gas flare to host communities. The lawmakers made the demand during plenary on Thursday. The House said the demand was based on a directive by former president, Muhammadu...
The lawmakers say lax implementation of existing laws has encouraged the use of LGBTXA content in educational materials used in nursery and primary schools. The House of Representatives has asked the federal government to ban educational materials containing words that promote Lesbianism, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Asexual (LGBTQA) orientations in schools throughout Nigeria. The lawmakers expressed concern about the influx of foreign educational materials which are “alien and inimical to our cherished norms and...
The Reps has raised hope for youth corps members who suffered violence while on elections duties as INEC ad-hoc staff. But will the executive implement the resolution? In the 2019 general election, Smith, a youth corps member, served as an INEC ad-hoc staff in Ogun state and was attacked by an angry mob at his station. As he recounted, not much support was provided to him by the electoral body or any government parastatal....
The Chairman, Rules and Business Committee said the seven bills were passed by the preceding Assembly and forwarded to the President for assent but the reason for withholding assent was not communicated before the 9th Assembly ended. The House of Representatives at the resumed plenary on Thursday, presented 52 bills for first reading and another seven from the previous Assembly for reconsideration. Of the 52 bills that fall under various categories, 20 are seeking amendment,...
Deputy Speaker Kalu noted that the effects of crude oil theft on the nation’s revenue leaves the government no choice but to borrow. The House of Representatives on Thursday, has received the report of the Ad-hoc Committee on oil Theft. Presenting the report, the chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee, Rep. Kabiru Alhassan Usman Rurum (APC, Kano) said: “That the House do receive the Report of the Ad–hoc Committee on the Need to Investigate Crude Oil Theft...
The House Leader said the disbursement of the basic healthcare provision fund has been fraught with irregularities, including delayed transfer of funds, poor data management, and corruption. The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Health to commence full implementation of the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) and ensure that all the stakeholders play their respective roles to ensure a successful disbursement and utilisation of the funds. It also mandated the Committee on...
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