Senate President, Akpabio said the committee would be inaugurated on Tuesday, next week for them to commence work immediately. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has named a 43-member ad-hoc committee to further review the 1999 Constitution. Akpabio who announced the Chairman and Members of the Committee stressed the importance of the Constitution review saying, “There is a need for us to touch on some aspects of the constitution to bring them in line...
President Tinubu also sought the Senate’s confirmation of the Constitution of the Monetary Policy Committee of the CBN President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has requested the Senate’s Confirmation of Hon. Yemi Fashua as Commissioner of the National Population Commission (NPC) to represent Ogun State. According to President Tinubu, the request is made based on section 154 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended. This request was sent in a letter...
The Senate observed a minute silence in honour of the late Senator Ekarika, aged 89 who comes from the same senatorial district as the Senate President. The Senate has called on the Federal Government to immortalise the late Senator Itak Bob-Ekarika who represented Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District between 2003 and 2007, by renaming the Navy Secondary School in Ikot Ntuen, Ekparakwa, to “Senator Itak Bob Ekarika Naval School.” This resolution was sequel to...
Akpabio said the Super Eagles made the country proud by reaching the competition final and urged all Nigerians to give the team the support and appreciation they deserve. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has encouraged the Super Eagles to remain optimistic despite their inability to clinch the African Nations Cup in Cote d’Ivoire, reassuring them that they were all winners for taking home the silver medal. Senator Akpabio gave the charge when he along with...
President Tinubu also sought expeditious consideration and approval of the request of Tadase. President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate’s confirmation of Hon Amidu Tadese Raheem from Osun State as Commissioner of the National Population Commission (NPC). This request was made in a letter sent to the Senate Following the provisions of sections 154 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended. In the letter read by the President of...
The Senate resolved to urge the Federal Government to make citizenship registration compulsory for all Nigerians in order to identify “who is who at whatever time.” The Senate, on Tuesday 13 January, 2024, after a 9-hour interface with Service Chiefs, heads of Security agencies and some Ministers, passed a vote of confidence in them for stepping up the game of checkmating crime and criminality in the country. The Senate also resolved to urge the Federal...
The swearing-in followed the bye-elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to replace the vacant seats in the Senate. The Senate has sworn in Senators Pam Mwadkon Dachungyang (Plateau North, ADP), Okorie Anthony Ani (Ebonyi South, APC), and Musa Mustapha (Yobe East, APC). They were sworn in on Tuesday, 13 February 2024, during plenary to replace Simon Mwadkwon (PDP) David Umahi (APC), and Geidam Ibrahim (APC) respectively. READ ALSO: Bye-Election: Meet the Senator-elects...
The helicopter crash was said to have taken place on Saturday, 10 February 2024, around 7 am, Nigerian time. The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has mourned the sudden demise of the Chief Executive Officer of Access Holding, Herbert Wigwe, his wife and son in a helicopter crash in California, USA. Akpabio in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh described the death of Wigwe and his...
As political observers await the swearing-in of the elected Senators on the floor of the Red Chambers, OrderPaper, in this piece, OrderPaper profiles these lawmakers before and after joining politics. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday, 3rd February 2024 conducted some bye-elections as a result of the resignation or death of elected lawmakers and subsequent vacancies declared by the presiding officers of the National Assembly and the state houses of assemblies. In the...
CBN Governor, Cardoso has assured that efforts by the Apex bank will seek to minimise the distortion that high exchange has on inflation. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that its efforts to stabilise foreign exchange rates to ease the economic situation in the country are beginning to yield results. The CBN governor, Olayemi Cardoso, who disclosed this during an interactive session with the Joint Senate Committee on Finance, Banking, Insurance and Financial...
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