The Sexual Harassment Bill proposes a 14-year jail term for offenders. The House of Representatives has called President Bola Tinubu to sign the Sexual Harassment of Students in Tertiary Educational Institutions Bill into law. According to the House, assenting to the bill, which is titled: “A Bill for an Act to Prevent, Prohibit and Redress Sexual Harassment of Students in Tertiary Educational Institutions and for Matters Concerned therewith, 201”’ will be a major step toward...
President Tinubu also sought the approval of NASS to borrow $8.6bn and €100m for the execution of projects. The Senate has received a communication from President Bola Tinubu indicating his intention to present the 2024 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly tomorrow, Wednesday 29th November by 11 am. The letter was read by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio at plenary on Tuesday, and subsequently approved. The letter read in...
The House will convene a town hall meeting to enable citizens to make inputs into the 2024 budget estimates. The National Assembly will in a few days receive the 2024 budget (Appropriation Bill) from President Bola Tinubu as disclosed by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen. Abbas made the disclosure during a one-day capacity-building retreat for Chairmen and Deputy Chairmen of House Standing Committees in Abuja on Monday. The Speaker in his...
The CSOs have been advocating for an amendment of the FRA 2007 to bring about enduring solutions to the public finance management challenges plaguing the country. The recent resolve by the National Assembly to commence the process of reviewing the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) 2007 has drawn commendation from a cluster of civil society organisations (CSOs) led by OrderPaper Advocacy Initiative and the Growth Initiatives for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT). The amendment is targeted to empower...
Legislative capacity of over 200 lawmakers is expected to be upscaled and strengthened. The House of Representatives is set to hold a one-day retreat for Chairpersons and Deputies of its various Standing Committees. The retreat is scheduled to be held on Monday, November 27, 2023, at the NAF Conference Centre, Abuja. Themed: “Improving Legislative Performance through Effective Committee Management”, the retreat underscores the commitment of the Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen-led House to follow through on...
The motion sponsor said the provision of rail lines linking all the geo-political zones would save lives and relieve the pressure on the already failing road infrastructure. The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to construct new railway lines in the South-South, South-East, North-Central, and North-western parts of Nigeria. The House noted that an expansion of the rail transport system to other parts of the country would be beneficial to the country’s...
The House will investigate the release of the N19.2 billion allocated for the devastating impact of flooding on farmlands across the nation. The House of Representatives has tasked the Federal Government to expedite action against the recurrence of flood disasters across the country. This is as it demands that the Federal Government provide relief materials for flood victims across the country, and create awareness among the populace for flood prevention. The House also directed the...
The House Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness will also review other activities of NEMA and evaluate conformity with its mandates from inception to date. The House of Representatives has directed its Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness to probe the usage of funds disbursed to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The Committee is also to examine if funds allotted to the agency are used to execute projects under its jurisdiction, and are in...
Active Citizens Engaging the Legislature (ACEs) is an initiative of OrderPaper, Nigeria’s foremost independent parliamentary monitoring organization and policy think tank, conceived to achieve the implementation of its Legislative Accountability and Constituency Engagement (Leg’ACE) Programme. The Active Citizens Engaging the Legislature (ACEs) community has criticised the National Assembly’s decision to purchase luxury Sports Utility Vehicles, SUVs valued at N57.6 billion for the 360 members of the House of Representatives and 109 Senators, describing it as...
The sponsor of the motion feared that a year after the prison break, the escapees have blended back into society and continued their criminal activities unnoticed. The Nigerian House of Representatives has called on the Nigerian Correctional Service to provide a detailed account of inmates who broke out from the Kuje custodial facility. It also mandated its Committees on Reformatory Institutions, Interior, and Police Affairs to synergise with the heads of the relevant security agencies...
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