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...
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...
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...
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