Rep. Ugbor said the student loan is part of the palliative that the federal government plans to give to Nigerians as it’s a huge benefit to families, and frees up resources for them in other aspects of their lives. READ ALSO: Reps to substitute budget of former FCEs with new Education Varsities The House of Representatives has expressed displeasure over the delay in the implementation of the Student Loans Act even...
Kolo had revealed that about 25 job seekers paid between 1 million and 1.5 million Naira to be given employment at FCC. READ ALSO: Job Racketeering: Reps summon ‘controversial’ Kolo, DG IPPIS to hearing or risk arrest The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Job Racketeering has issued a warrant of arrest on the former Desk Officer of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Haruna Kolo, for shunning its invitation a second time. Since...
The House of Representatives Committee on job racketeering has summoned the Accountant-General of the Federation and the Director of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) to appear before it for an explanation about their role in the matter. It also summoned the Auditor-General of the Federation and tasked the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) to produce Haruna Kolo, a former Desk Officer at the Federal Character Commission...
Committee Chaorman, Rep. Gagdi said most agencies use the waiver on advertisement to run employment racketeering rings. READ ALSO: Reps pass bill empowering NDE to comply with federal character in employment The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee probing employment racketeering and gross mismanagement of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies has mandated the federal government to scrap waivers of all kinds declaring it...
Kalu opined that the problem of leaders in the South East lies in their disunity and their inability to stick together for the long run like those from other zones. Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, has urged the leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South East to emulate President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, whose leadership style has produced more national leaders. Kalu, who made the...
Section 147 (3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (As amended) provides that the President shall appoint at least one Minister from each State, who shall be an indigene of such State. This provision however doesn’t expressly include the FCT. READ ALSO: Tinubu nominates Oyetola, Bagudu, Matawalle, 16 Others in fresh Ministerial list Following years of clamour for the appointment of a Minister of the Government...
The Reps Spokesperson empathised with Nigerians over the hardship being experienced owing to the removal of fuel subsidy, as well as clamour by the NLC for relief of Nigerian workers. READ ALSO: Senate to probe fuel subsidy, under-recovery regime under Buhari’s Administration The House of Representatives has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve their planned peaceful protest across the country. The plea was contained in a statement issued by the...
As the Senate screens Senator John Owan Enoh; one of President Tinubu’s twenty-eight (28) Ministerial nominees with a legislative background. We present a profile of the former State and Federal lawmaker from Cross River State READ ALSO: Ministerial Screening: 7 Things you should know about the process Having spent over twenty years in the legislative arm of government, fifty-seven-year-old John Owan Enoh is one of ten nominees (with a legislative background) sent...
Rep. Lar expressed fear that the Dollar to Naira exchange rate could go as high as N1000 by December, should nothing be done urgently to nip its free fall in the bud. The House of Representatives has stepped down a motion calling on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to unify the country’s exchange rate in a bid to stabilise the naira, as promised during the electioneering campaign. The motion was sponsored by Rep....
Sponsors of the motion said the lopsided appointment of the Management Team and staff of NNPC Retail Limited, and the immediate relocation of the NNPC Retail headquarters to Lagos raises doubt as to whether NNPC Limited acquired OVH Energy or the reverse. The House of Representatives has urged the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to immediately suspend acquisition of OVH Energy Marketing and a proposed relocation of its Retail Head office...
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