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PEPT Verdict: It’s now time for governance – Senate Leader

Ojochenemi Onje-JamesSeptember 7, 20231 min

The Senate leader said the PEPT verdict brings to an end politics and appealed to the petitioners to collaborate with President Tinubu to deliver his “Renewed Hope Agenda”. Following the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), which affirmed President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the 2023, Presidential Election, the Leader of the Senate, Senator Micheal Opeyemi Bamidele, (APC, Ekiti) has stated that the verdict marks the beginning of governance, and appealed to petitioners to...

Open House

How to Register: Public Engagement Hub of the IPU and IPEN

Op-ed EditorSeptember 7, 20232 min

The IPU and IPEN Global Webinar termed the ‘Public Engagement Hub Seminar,’ is in a bid to assess how parliaments globally are enabling people to connect with and participate in the law-making, policy formulation and oversight processes that impact their lives now and into the future. Seminar on Public Petitions: Case studies from Nigeria Date and Time: Wednesday 4 October; 09:00–10:00 GMT+1 / UK time; 10:00–11:00 CET Speakers: Hon Uzoma...

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Ajibulu: “Nigeria’s potentials for greatness still potent, citizens must show patriotism”

Op-ed EditorSeptember 7, 20233 min

Ajibulu; a media personality advocates that Nigerians create a positive narrative about the country, promote that which is good about them, engender that which is thriving, and attend to the deep concerns that have affected the country in a mature and sober way. A social media influencer, communication consultant, writer and publisher of Veracity Desk, Emmanuel Ajibulu, says Nigeria is better as a united nation despite the challenges confronting it....

House of Representatives

Oil Theft: Reps vow to unveil identities of perpetrators

Gaddafi IbrahimSeptember 6, 20232 min

Rep. Rurum warned that security agencies will not be blamed for oil theft at the hearing as stakeholders in the oil sectors have to be held to account. The House of Representatives ad hoc committee set up to investigate crude oil theft and loss of revenue from gas has vowed to unveil the identities of those behind the theft of crude in the country. Chairman of the committee, Rep. Kabiru Alhassan Rurum (NNPP, Kano) made...

House of Representatives

Gas Flaring: Reps direct IOCs to pay penalties to FG coffers

Gaddafi IbrahimSeptember 6, 20232 min

Representatives of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources insisted that IOCs have a reputation for keeping their gas metering and its readings hidden thereby, preventing independent assessment. The House of Representatives has directed international Oil Companies, IOCs, operating in Nigeria, to reconcile their positions and ensure that the appropriate amount of money is paid as a penalty into the federal government coffers for gas flaring. The directive follows emerging claims over the accessibility of regulatory agencies...

House of Representatives Senate

NDDC Board: President Tinubu nominates ex-lawmakers in amended appointments

NewsroomSeptember 6, 20233 min

A new 17-Member Board and Management team had last Friday been named by the President and tasked with ensuring a new era of successful administration in the NDDC, in line with his Renewed Hope agenda. President Bola Tinubu has nominated two former lawmakers in the amended nominations for the Board and Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). As contained in a communication by Presidential Media Aide, Ajuri Ngelale, the new...

Citizens Speak Open House

Wikina: “Tech, creative arts; ‘solution’ to Nigeria’s unemployment challenge”

Gaddafi IbrahimSeptember 6, 20234 min

Executive Director of Policy Shapers, Ebenezar Wikina also advocated the investment of 15 to 20 per cent of both national and subnational governments’ budgets on education in line with the recommendation of the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for developing countries. Federal and State governments across the country have been urged to provide an enabling environment for technologically inclined initiatives, skills acquisition, and support for the creative arts industry as...

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Great Green Wall: Reps Committee bars journalists from covering probe

Gaddafi IbrahimSeptember 5, 20232 min

The clerk of the committee said the chairman had directed that the hearing was not for media coverage. The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the utilization of ecological funds released to the National Agency for Great Green Wall (NAGGW), on Tuesday, barred journalists from covering its proceedings. Recall that the committee was last week, inaugurated by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, who said the hearing is to probe all funds received from international organisations and donor...

Senate

10TH NASS: APC chairs 65% of Senate Standing Committees

Ojochenemi Onje-JamesSeptember 5, 20239 min

Former governors Gbenga Daniel, Adams Oshiomhole and Abdulaziz Yari chair the Standing Committees on Navy, Interior and Water Resources, respectively As is common in parliaments all over the world, the legislature is organised into committees specialised in different areas of governance to play a crucial role in the legislative process. These committees referred to as Standing Committees, review and shape proposed legislation, carry out probes (investigations), and oversee government agencies within their...

Open House

OrderPaper’s Epia, Hon Abonta, to speak at IPU global seminar

Op-ed EditorSeptember 5, 20234 min

This Public Engagement Hub seminar holding on October 4 between 09.00-10.00 (WAT) virtually, is championed by IPU’s Centre for Innovation in Parliament and will be broadcast in English, French and Spanish. Following the release of the 2022 IPU-UNDP Global Parliamentary Report on Public Engagement in the work of Parliament, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the International Parliament Engagement Network (IPEN) are set to organise a webinar. Dubbed the ‘Public Engagement...

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