Senator Abdullahi warned against legislative actions that may compound the already precarious economic situation in the country. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on National Planning and Economic Affairs, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi (APC, Kebbi North) has said that Nigeria is facing the worst economic crisis in the history of its existence. Senator Yahaya asserted this at the joint inaugural meeting of the Senate and House Committees on National Planning held on Wednesday, in the National...
The motion sponsor said despite the benefits and reasons for on-boarding the Remita Platform, the rate of revenue leakages is high. The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Public Accounts to investigate revenue leakages through the Remita platform. It also expressed displeasure over the non-compliance by revenue-generating agencies of government of standard operating procedures and other allied service level agreements signed among deposit money banks, office of the AGF, Systemspec, Nigeria Interbank...
The Service Chiefs also took turns to outline their efforts to tackle the country’s security situation. Nigeria Service Chiefs have identified inadequate funding, lack of equipment, and poor welfare as challenges to addressing the security situation in the country. This is as the Chief of Army Staff identified the efforts of security operatives in tackling the prevalence of violent extremism, banditry, militancy, and terrorism in the country. The Service Chiefs spoke at the commencement of...
The House continues its suspended sectoral debate with heads of security agencies as well as those of other sectors. In keeping with its mandate to bridge the gap between citizens and the legislature, OrderPaper’s Legislative Intelligence Forecast (LIFE) Service, by Kauthar Anumba Khaleel, gives an insight into other activities that will take place in the National Assembly during the week. Reps The lawmakers will push for the Investigation into funds disbursed for the alternative school...
The Appellate Court nullified PDP members’ elections and directed that their certificates of return be withdrawn and issued to the first runners-up. The Speaker of the House of Representatives has sworn in Ajang Alfred Iliya (Labor Party), Vincent Vennape (All Progressives Congress), and Fom Dalyop of LP as members of the Green Chamber. They replace three of the four Plateau Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers who were recently sacked. Recall that an Appeal Court sitting...
The Appellate Court held that PDP acted in breach of a subsisting court order when it sponsored the lawmakers as candidates for the National Assembly election on February 25. Over the last couple of weeks, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been hit by judicial judgments, which saw some of its members lose their respective seats to opponents in the National Assembly. No fewer than six of its members in both chambers of the nation’s...
The Nigerian National Assembly is the democratically elected body that makes laws, oversights the government, and represents the interests of Nigerians and the country. It is a bicameral legislature comprising the Senate and the House of Representatives. The House consists of 360 members representing the 360 Federal Constituencies in the country. In this explainer, we break down the membership of the House by geo-political zone. Zones, states and local governments… Nigeria is broadly divided...
Kalu noted that the heads of security agencies were invited for a dialogue and explanation around important issues under its sectoral debate initiative. The House of Representatives resolved to suspend its planned sectoral debate on an issue of national importance due to the absence of the Service Chiefs, and the Inspector General of Police (IGP). The decision followed the unanimous adoption of a motion moved by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu (APC, Abia), at Tuesday’s...
The House had on Wednesday, mandated its leadership to liaise with that of the Senate and intervene in the industrial action in the shortest possible time. The House of Representatives has welcomed the decision by Organised Labour to suspend its industrial action which had been in force across the country in the last two days. In a statement jointly signed by the Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Rep. Akin Rotimi,...
Rep. Nzurigbo lamented that the NLC strike action is only making life more difficult for the masses and in no way affecting the elite. The ongoing strike action by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) saw the House of Representatives divided as activities in the country remain grounded. The lawmakers were debating a motion urging the House to intervene in the issue, sponsored by Deputy Speaker Rep. Benjamin Kalu. at Tuesday’s plenary. Recall that the NLC,...
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