This week's highlight of activities around the federal parliament spotlights President Buhari's meeting with the House Adhoc Committee on the CBN's Cashless Policy and his assent to ten billsÂ
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With the tenure expiration of the Ninth National Assembly just about four months away, we examine the appropriation of N30.173 billion as severance package for the lawmakers and sundry provisions Severance packages refer to pay and benefits given to employees who leave employment at an organisation unwilfully. Typically, such packages are instituted to help protect the newly unemployed and are offered to employees who are laid off or retire. However, they...
At public hearing of the National Assembly Joint Committee on INEC and Electoral Matters, the election management body says there is no plan to postpone the polls, and the 2023 General Election will proceed as planned
The Court held that the failure of the EFCC to comply with the directive of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) that it submits the case file in the matter involving Okorocha and others for review, rendered the criminal proceeding it initiated against them a nullity A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has discharged the lawmaker representing Imo West Senatorial District, Senator Rochas Okorocha and six others, over a charge...
In this Third-Year Appraisal of the Ninth National Assembly, we examine the performance of the federal legislators from the North Central geo-political zone since the inauguration of parliament in 2019. The zone has the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and six States comprising Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, and Plateau. It also has 19 Senators and a total of 49 members in the House of Representatives. READ ALSO: North East lawmakers sponsored 281 bills in...
We examine the performance of the federal legislators from the South South geo-political zone comprising Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, and Rivers States since the inauguration of parliament in 2019
Justice Centus Nweze, who read the lead judgement, held that Machina ought to have commenced his suit by a writ of summons going by the allegations of fraud levelled against the APC in transmitting Lawan’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
To get to the bills with impact, value, and progression, the volume of such bills must first be determined. Hence, this scorecard of the Top 10 Senators by Bills Sponsorship (Volume) highlights the parliamentarians with the highest bills tally in three years of the 9th Senate. “The bill sponsorship pattern of the Senators in the 9th Assembly against the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Assemblies indicates an increase in the number of...
Kogi Senator, Smart Adeyemi lends voice to criticisms against the Naira redesign policy of the CBN amid citizens' protest against scarcity of naira notes
Nigeria’s North East geo-political zone has six States comprising Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe. In this Third-Year Appraisal of the Ninth National Assembly, we examine the performance of the federal lawmakers from the North East since 2019. The zone has 18 Senators and 48 Members in the House of Representatives representing these six states, respectively. SENATE SCORECARD In the period under review, the performance of the North East...