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Section 42(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (As Amended) guarantees every citizen the right to freedom from discrimination including age.         The Senate has urged the Federal Ministry of Labour, Employment, and Productivity and other relevant agencies to discourage public and private employers from publishing job advertisements with implicit biases that deprive qualified Nigerians of gainful employment based on age. This as the lawmakers also called for...

According to the Motion Sponsor, Senator Barau Jibrin, the deplorable state of the roads across the country has led to a decline in agricultural activities, which is affecting the movement of agricultural produce.           The Senate has resolved to set up an Ad-hoc Committee to come up with a compendium of federal roads affected by erosion across the country to be forwarded to the Executive Arm for urgent intervention. This was...

According to the Motion Sponsor, 25 percent of the original N6.4bn contract awarded by the NDDC for the construction of a shoreline protective wall designed with a geo-tube technology in Ayetoro Community, was reportedly paid.       The Senate has mandated its Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) when constituted, to investigate the multi-billion naira shoreline protection contract awarded in Ayetoro Community, Ondo State with a view to finding an alternative solution where...

Senator Umeh worried that if left unchecked, the section of the Onitsha-Owerri Highway which is a gateway to business activities and other relationships between the Western States and Southern States will cave in and lead to total disconnection of the highway.   READ ALSO: Senate to investigate contract awards for reconstruction of Aba, Ikot-Ikpene roads     The Senate has urged the Federal Ministry of Works to commence repairs and reconstruction of failed portions of...

Senate spokesperson, Adaramodu stated the fund isn’t paid to the lawmakers; neither is the NASS complex owned by them. Therefore, it is mischievous to term it palliative for them.   The Senate has denied reports accusing the parliament of padding the 2022 Supplementary Budget to accommodate the seventy billion naira (N70b) earmarked for the National Assembly. This is as it stressed that the passage of the Supplementary Appropriation Act was part of the constitutional duties...

President Tinubu had on Tuesday, wrote the Senate requesting the screening and subsequent confirmation of his nominees as new Service Chiefs.     The Senate has confirmed the appointment of nominees of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as new Service Chiefs for the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The confirmed Service Chiefs are Major General C.G Musa; Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Major General T. A Lagbaja; Chief of Army Staff, Rear Admiral...

Tinubu said the loan facility will help in poverty reduction as a monthly transfer of N8000 will be made to 12 million most vulnerable (poor) Nigerian households for a period of six months under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme.   READ ALSO: As 10th NASS resumes, ten issues that should top the agenda     President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate to approve additional loan facilities of USD800 million to be secured from...

The Presidency had on June 19 approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs and announced a deluge of appointments which included a new National Security Adviser (NSA) and replacements for the Security Chiefs pending their screening and approval by the National Assembly.   READ ALSO: President Tinubu writes House of Reps, requests Service Chiefs confirmation       The Senate has commenced screening of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and other Service Chiefs...

Noting the security challenges faced by both the Nigerian and Turkish governments as well as the need to collaborate towards addressing them, Akpabio  called for cooperation in other sectors too.     READ ALSO: Full Inaugural Speech of Godswill Akpabio, President of the 10th Senate   President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has assured the Turkish Government that the Nigerian Government is prepared to uphold the bilateral agreement established between Nigeria and Turkey in the...