The lawmakers also cited allegations of abuse of office, under-remittance of debts by shipping firms, lopsided appointment and placements of Directors at NIMASA in breach of Section 14(3) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). The House of Representatives has constituted an Ad-hoc Committee to probe alleged fictitious contract awards and lopsided placement by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The decision follows the adoption of a motion on the...
Motion Sponsor, Godwin Offiono says “Commercial Banks are charging outrageous interest on loans and overdrafts at a rate that is higher than the agreed rate in the offer letter.” The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged commercial banks operating in the country to put an end to excess charges and illegal deductions from their customers. This call followed a motion presented by Rep. Godwin Offiono (PDP, Cross River), which the House...
Senator Ndubueze commended President Tinubu for the courageous step he took on the removal of subsidy but, noted the need to carry out an investigation into payments made as subsidy in the previous administration. The Senate on Tuesday resolved to holistically investigate all controversies surrounding subsidy and under-recovery regime by the government of former President Muhammadu Buhari. This is as it decried the N9.3 trillion expended by on subsidy regime from January...
The lawmaker said the NNPCL provided the Federal Government a cheque of over six hundred billion naira to reconstruct 21 critical roads across the country, including Aba-Ikot-Ekpene, and Umudike-Ikot -Ekpene Roads. READ ALSO: Senate passes crucial resolution on Calabar-Oban-Ekang Road The Senate has called on relevant Ministries to urgently look into the delay in the rehabilitation of bad roads in the Aba-Osisioma-Port-Harcourt, Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene and Aba-Ikot Ekpene axis. ...
President Tinubu last Thursday requested that the House urgently confirms the Service Chiefs in compliance with the Armed Forces Act. READ ALSO: As 10th NASS resumes, ten issues that should top the agenda The House of Representatives, at its sitting on Tuesday, approved the composition of an ad-hoc committee to screen the newly appointed service chiefs. The committee is to be chaired by Rep. Babajimi Benson, erstwhile Chairman of the Committee on Defence...
Ogun West Senator, Solomon Olamilekan Adeola to chair Senate Committee on Appropriation, while Labour Party’s Senator Okechukwu Ezea is to chair the Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petitions READ ALSO: As 10th NASS resumes, ten issues that should top the agenda The Senate has announced the appointment of Chairman and Vice Chairmen of some Senate Standing Committees done by its Committee on Selection, headed by the President of the...
The Plateau lawmaker noted in the event the government fails in its responsibility to protect its citizens, Section 33(2)(a) of the constitution makes self-defence lawful when undertaken in “defence of any person from unlawful violence or for the defence of property.” READ ALSO: Reps This Week: “My constituents are in danger”- Plateau lawmaker laments The Member representing Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency of Plateau State in the House of Representatives, Rep. Dachung Musa...
Eight months after the Senate set up a Committee to conduct holistic investigation into a huge disparity in the disbursement of a N483, 000, 000 loan to six geo-political regions in 2021 by the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN), motion provokes rowdy session in the Red Chamber. READ ALSO: Tambuwal loses out as Senators Bamidele, Mwadkwon, Others emerge Senate Principal Officers Members of the Tenth National Assembly will return to legislative business...
One month into the life of the Tenth National Assembly, Delta Senator, Ned Nwoko is bringing back the conversations on Diaspora voting and a more inclusive parliament to Nigeria’s legislative discourse. READ ALSO: Reps vow to re-introduce Diaspora Voting Bill For several years, Nigerians in the Diaspora have continued to clamour for the right to vote, which is currently impossible under the electoral laws and the constitution. In Africa’s largest democracy,...
A ‘yoke’ in Nigeria’s National Assembly appears to be affecting former Presiding Officers of either Chamber who return to parliament. OrderPaper Nigeria’s Gaddafi Tanko examines the possibility of Ahmed Wase breaking this proverbial yoke in this piece. READ ALSO: Twists and Turns: Abbas and Kalu’s journey to becoming Presiding Officers The elections for Presiding Officers of the National Assembly may have come and gone but the spotlight is not totally off some...
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