Following the adoption of the motion, the House urged security agencies to deploy personnel to the affected communities. The House of Representatives has called on the Nigerian Army, Department of State Services, and other security agencies to increase their personnel deployment to address the frequent attacks on the Unguwar Goje community in Katsina State. This followed an adoption of a motion of urgent public importance on the floor of the House of Representatives on Thursday,...
Senator Barau Jibrin who presided over the day’s plenary stepped down the debate on electricity, saying the legal department would be consulted on the matter before further debate. The Senate has suspended debates on plans to halt electricity tariff hikes in the country as it awaits legal advice. This followed a report from the Committee on Power during Thursday’s plenary. OrderPaper recalls that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had earlier announced a hike in...
The accountant General reveals that FG’s revenue inflows in first quarter of 2024 amounts to 318.5bn. The Accountant General of the Federation, Mrs Oluwatoyin Madein, on Wednesday told the House of Representatives Committee on Finance that the total revenue inflows to the Federal Government in the first quarter of 2024 amounted to N318.5 billion. She made the revelation at the resumed hearing by the House Committee to monitor quarterly revenue exercise by agencies of the...
NEMA should intervene as windstorm destroys many schools, houses, farms lands, places of religious worship, businesses and market places in Adamawa. The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to assess the level of damage caused by a windstorm and urgently provide relief material to the people of Adamawa State affected. The lawmakers also directed the Northeast Development Commission (NEDC) to provide aid to...
Nigeria is blessed with vast natural resources and raw materials in large commercial quantities but most of them end up being exported in their raw form. The House of Representatives has called for the immediate ban of export of unprocessed natural resources and raw materials from Nigeria during Wednesday sitting at the green chambers. The House urged the Federal Government to provide support and incentives to local industries and entrepreneurs engaged in the processing and...
Sarkindaji, speaker of the Niger state House of Assembly, announced last week that he would sponsor the wedding of 100 girls, some of whom were orphaned by insurgency. The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has petitioned the inspector-general of police (IGP) and seeks a court injunction to halt the marriage of 100 girls in Niger state. Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, who is the speaker of the Niger state House of Assembly, announced last week that he...
President Tinubu said the state governments had to be reimbursed because the federal government had assumed ownership and control of the airports. President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate’s approval of the reimbursement of over N15 billion to Kebbi State Government for the construction of Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport, Birnin Kebbi. In addition, the president requests that the Nasarawa State Government be granted N9 billion in reimbursement for the building of Lafia Cargo Airport...
The ad-hoc Committee investigating the alleged manipulation of UTME results by Mmesoma has recommended that JAMB reconsider the three-year-ban on her. The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the alleged manipulation of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result by Mmesoma Ejikeme, has mandated the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to soften the three-year ban placed on her. Rep. Soli Sada who chaired the Committee revealed this on Wednesday while defending the report before...
The Senate called on President Tinubu to immediately halt the allocation of funds to caretaker committee-led Local Government Areas. The Senate has accused State governors of misappropriating funds allocated to Local Government Councils in Nigeria. This is as it claimed that Area Council chairmen are usually compelled to sign off cheques by State governors, who in turn allocate peanuts to them. This was a sequel to the adoption of a motion during Wednesday’s plenary, to...
Tinubu urged the lawmakers to expedite the screening and confirmation process. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has requested the Senate to screen and confirm four persons appointed as members of the Board of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The President’s request was contained in a letter read by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio during Wednesday’s plenary. READ ALSO: Tinubu appoints Jim Ovia as Students Loan Fund chairman  The appointed members of the SEC...
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