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...
Rep. Jaha said recruitment waivers result in lop-sided recruitment, which is contributory to the upsurge of insurgency in the northeast zone. The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating recruitment racketeering in Federal Government agencies and parastatals will recommend the abolition of waivers to bypass advertisement of job opportunities. The Ad hoc Committee Chairman, Rep. Yusuf Gagdi, stated this position at the resumption of the investigative hearing on Monday. Gagdi, who also accused the Registrar...
The Speaker said the farmers/herders clash over the years, has restricted farmers from access to their farmlands, leading to food price inflation, a high cost of living, unemployment, and loss of foreign earnings. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajuddeen Abbas, has expressed concern over the effects of the persistent clashes between farmers/herders on the country’s economy, particularly the potential threat to its quest to attain food security. The Speaker raised the concern...
The FMBN MD said the bank has refunded N66. 678 billion to 444,637, while N347. 570 billion was invested in various projects financed by the Bank. The House of Representatives has summoned the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) to appear before it to explain the disparities in the deductions from workers for the National Housing Fund Scheme, and give reasons why only N20 billion has been remitted to the Federal Mortgage Bank since 2011...
Gusau said funds provided by FIFA to prepare teams for the tournament cannot be used to pay outstanding allowances for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Ibrahim Musa Gusau, has informed that all allowances and bonuses relating to Super Falcons had been cleared as of Friday last week. Gusau, stated this when he finally appeared before the Ad- hoc committee investigating the non-payment of allowances of the...
The NANS president called for a review of the time frame for payment from 2 years to at least 4 years as 2 years is too short for payment of a loan after graduation. The President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Usman Barambu, has called on the House of Representatives to amend the Student Loan Act to enable all Nigerian Students, who desire loans to access them. This is as it...
Four years after an ex-lawmaker was appointed Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, President Bola Tinubu towed the same path this week with the appointment of Hon. Abubakar to head the Ministry. What issues are bedevilling the region, and what key questions are begging for answers?  READ ALSO: Reps chide IOCs over role in indebtedness, fiscal incapacity of NDDC July 12, 2022 Then Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, in...
The NLC President implored the committee to take measures towards eliminating ensuring affordable and quality housing for Nigerians especially workers contributing to the NHF scheme in a bid to own homes. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened that it will pull out of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) contributory National Housing Fund (NHF) over the non-remittance of deduction made. President of the NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, issued the threat when he appeared...
In a recent protest by Muslim groups in the state comprising heads of Islamic organisations, scholars and hundreds of Muslim faithful who were armed with placards, they claimed that only eight Muslims made the list of 39 cabinet nominees. Twenty-six days after Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu submitted its list of cabinet nominees to the State House of Assembly, the parliament has confirmed twenty-two (22) out of the thirty=nine (39) names sent for...
Rep. Onuh decried NFF president’s attitude towards the issue of non-payment of allowances of Super Falcons. The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), over non-payment of allowances and entitlements of the female national team, Super Falcons, has again, summoned the NFF boss, Mr. Ibrahim Gusau. Chairman of the committee, Rep. Blessing Onuh (APC, Benue) who issued the notice, frowned at the NFF President’s deliberate refusal to honour...
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