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The House of Representatives has reaffirmed its support for strategic and responsible borrowing The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep Abbas Tajudeen, has reaffirmed the House’s unwavering support for President Bola Tinubu’s borrowing strategy, insisting that responsible credit remains crucial to financing Nigeria’s infrastructure and stimulating growth. Delivering a keynote address at the 8th Annual African Network of Parliamentary Budget Offices (AN-PBO) Conference in Abuja, Abbas stressed that recent reports suggesting otherwise were “horrendously...

The National Assembly postponed plenary resumption by two weeks The House of Representatives has postponed its plenary resumption from September 23 to October 7, 2025 The change was conveyed in an internal memo titled “Rescheduling of Resumption Date” and signed on Tuesday by the Clerk of the House, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, Esq. “With deep regrets, Honourable Members are hereby informed that the resumption of plenary sessions earlier scheduled for Tuesday, September 23, 2025, has been...

While the former Speaker Dogara praised President Tinubu’s tax overhaul, he urged the government to deploy revenues transparently Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has described President Bola Tinubu’s sweeping tax reforms as “the most audacious overhaul of Nigeria’s fiscal framework in decades,” calling for strict transparency and sustained implementation to win public trust. Dogara made the remarks on Tuesday while delivering the maiden Distinguished Parliamentarian Lecture organised by the...

The House of Representatives has expressed concern over the pace of implementation of the 2024–2025 Appropriations Acts, noting that Nigerians are increasingly worried The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations has expressed concern over the pace of implementation of the 2024–2025 Appropriations Acts. The concerns were expressed during an engagement with the minister of finance, Wale Edun, and the his counterpart in budget and national planning, Sen. Atiku Bagudu. Speaking after the closed-door session which...

House of Representatives committee on land transport blows hot as transportation minister shuns parliament invitation over Abuja–Kaduna train derailment Following the recent derailment of an Abuja–Kaduna bound train carrying 618 passengers, the House of Representatives Committee on Land Transport has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Minister of Transportation, Sa’idu Ahmed Alkali, to appear before it. The committee, visibly angered on Tuesday, suspended its investigative hearing after the minister failed to show up. Committee Chairperson,...

Speaker Abbas has raised concerns about Nigeria’s rising debt stock at ₦149.39 trillion, alarmed that many African countries spend more on loan servicing than on health or education Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has assured that ongoing economic reforms are putting the country’s debt profile on a more sustainable path. This is as Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, cautioned that the nation’s borrowing has...

In commemoration of International Youth Day, a troubling statistics about the state of the Nigerian youth has been unveiled A new report by a Non-Governmental Organization, Plan International Nigeria, has revealed that 80 million young Nigerians representing 53 percent of the population are unemployed and over 1,500 schools have been shut down in the past two years. While raising an alarm over the worsening conditions confronting Nigerian youths, the group warned that unemployment, insecurity, and...

The House of Representatives  has reaffirmed it support of strengthening the legislative capacity at the local government level The House of Representatives has emphasised the importance of strengthening bye-law making processes at the local government level in order to deepen governance and accountability. Chairman, House committee on delegated legislation, Rep. Richard Olufemi Bamisile (APC Ekiti), stated this on Wednesday at the ongoing national retreat organised by the House of Representatives in collaboration with the Association of...