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Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, Minister of Women Affairs has some explanations to give over N1.5bn alleged diversion. She has until Tuesday to present documents before the House committee The House of Representatives Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development has launched a probe into the alleged diversion of N1.5 billion meant for contractor payments by principal officers of the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development.  The committee has summoned the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye,...

The House of Representatives has reiterated its commitment to working with OrderPaper Nigeria on citizens engagement    The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu (APC Abia), has reiterated that the 10th National Assembly is committed to working with OrderPaper Nigeria and other Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to deepen citizens engagement. Kalu emphasized this commitment while speaking at the commencement of the legislative open week on Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at the National...

The House has initiated moves to review the Steve Oronsaye report on restructuring of Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government  The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on restructuring of government agencies has disclosed its intention to begin the review of the Steve Oronsaye report. The committee said it would also review all other white papers on the restructuring of federal government agencies, parastatals, and commissions. Its Chairman, Rep. Ibrahim Isiaka (Ogun, APC) made this known...

At the Legislative Open Week, Speaker Abbas, Deputy Speaker Kalu advanced how the 10th House has been inclusive and participatory The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, said the House under his leadership has ensured inclusivity and participatory legislature in its first year. The Speaker, while recognizing the significant challenges facing the House due to the socioeconomic hardships confronting Nigerians, stated that the House introduced a total of 1,351 bills in its...

Tinubu, Masari and Dogara charge lawmakers on grassroots engagement, transparency and openness at the Legislative Open Week President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on lawmakers to prioritize grassroots engagement with their constituents in their lawmaking and oversight functions as part of the accountability process. This challenge was presented during the first Legislative Open Week organized by the 10th House of Representatives to mark the end of its first legislative year and the commencement of the...

The representatives expressed dismay over incompetence of the contractors handling the east-west road, a key niger delta project and demanded a revocation of the contract  The House of Representatives has called on the minister of works, Mr. David Umahi, to immediately revoke the contract for the construction of the east-west road awarded to Rock Result Nigeria Limited and other contractors and re-award same to a company with expertise and capacity. This was sequel to a...

The House resolved to probe alleged reckless spending of N2trillion on various interventions in the agriculture sector in the last 8 years The House of Representatives passed a resolution on Tuesday to investigate alleged embezzlement of  agricultural intervention funds by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) of the federal government. The probe will also focus on schemes and intervention programmes outside of the ministry of agriculture and food security. This was sequel to a motion brought...

A bill to streamline and enshrine timelines in the budgetary process of the country has progressed to second reading in the House of Representatives  A bill seeking to prescribe timelines for the presentation of budget estimates to the National Assembly has passed for second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill also caters for timelines for preparation, planning, the contents, implementation and evaluation of the annual budget. The piece of draft legislation titled, “a...

Suicide bombing in Borno, cholera outbreak, and attendance roll call were some of the highlights of Tuesday’s plenary in the House of Representatives  Sack security appointees over Borno suicide bombing… Rep. Abdulsamad Dasuki (PDP Sokoto) has called on President Bola Tinubu to sack all his appointees in the security sector, citing their failure to meet the expectations of Nigerians. He made this call while contributing to a motion condemning the recent suicide bombing in Borno...