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Sen. Musa described the partnership arrangement for passport production as unjust and unacceptable and called for a thorough review  The national assembly has strongly condemned the unjust Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) arrangement of passport production by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). This is as it criticised the agreement, which allocates 70 percent of proceeds to consultancy firms and only 30 percent to the government, thereby short-changing the country and its citizens. The agency came under fire on...

The impressive revenues generated in 2024 raised questions among lawmakers, who queried the government’s continued borrowing   There was mild confusion at the National Assembly on Monday over the federal government’s continued borrowing despite the fact that revenue generating agencies have exceeded their targets for the fiscal year 2024. This happened during an interactive session by the joint  national assembly committees on finance, national planning and economic affairs on the 2025-2027 Medium Term Expenditure Framework...

Data gathered by OrderPaper reveals that only 15 percent of MDAs have complied with Senate resolutions, while the House of Representatives recorded an even lower compliance rate of 5 percent.  The National Assembly (NASS) has expressed displeasure with and warned Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) of the federal government against non-compliance with resolutions from plenary of the Senate and House of Representatives. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Legislative Compliance, Sen. Garba Maidoki (PDP, Kebbi...

Bills passage is an integral aspect of  the lawmaking process as it ensures that the bill gradually progresses from the point of a conceived thought into an enforceable law that binds all citizens. Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Works, Rep. Akin Alabi, has shared his insights regarding the ongoing discussions about the pace of bills passage in the current assembly. Rep. Alabi was one of the panelists in a virtual conversation hosted...