The 2025 fiscal plan outlines a total budget of ₦1.481 trillion, with key allocations structured to sustain governance and service delivery in Rivers state amid ongoing political instability. The senate has approved the second reading of the 2025 appropriation bill for Rivers state, marking a significant step in the legislative process for a state currently under emergency rule. The bill, titled “A Bill for an Act to Authorise the Issue from the Consolidated Revenue Fund...
The House committee has demanded for the financial report of the federal CARES Support Unit from 2009 to 2021 The House of Representatives Committee on Community and Social Development/NG-CARES has directed the National Coordinator of the Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES), Mr. Abdulkarim Obaje, to submit a comprehensive report detailing financial transactions of the federal CARES support unit from 2009 to 2021. Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Abubakar Kusada, issued...
OrderPaper Nigeria has received commendations of House of Representatives on its recent brand evolution The House of Representatives has extended warm congratulations to OrderPaper Nigeria, the country’s leading parliamentary monitoring organization. The House said the organisation’s recent brand evolution is a testament to its enduring legacy of innovative service in bridging the gap between people and parliament and deepening of democracy. In a statement issued on Sunday by its Spokesman, Rep. Akin Rotimi, Jr., the...
The committee mandated FCT minister of state, Mrs. Bunkure, to defend her 2025 budget separately from what was earlier presented by the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike The House of Representatives Committee on Area Councils and Ancillary Matters has declared that the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr. Mariya Bunkure, is yet to defend the portion of the 2025 FCT budget under her jurisdiction. This is despite an earlier presentation by FCT...
Speaker Abbas on children’s day vacated his seat for a ‘shadow speaker’ from a secondary school In a symbolic gesture to mark this year’s Children’s Day, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, once again vacated his seat to allow a young Nigerian to preside as ‘shadow speaker’ during a special plenary session. It is the second time the Speaker of the 10th House would so honour young Nigerians. On October 10, 2024,...
President Tinubu has made several previous appeals to the national assembly for borrowing approvals since assuming office. President Bola Tinubu has asked the national assembly to approve a new set of loans totalling $21.5 billion in foreign borrowing and ₦757.9 billion from the domestic bond market to tackle pressing national needs, including pension debts. In a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during Tuesday’s plenary, Tinubu explained that the proposed 2025–2026 borrowing plan is...
FCT Minister of State, Mariya Bunkure, has been summoned by the House of Representatives over failure to honour invitation for budget defence The House of Representatives Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Councils and Ancillary Matters has summoned the minister of state for FCT, Dr. Mariya Bunkure, to appear before it on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. The summon was issued after the minister failed to honour an invitation to a budget session convened by...
The compulsory voting bill has been withdrawn by the Speaker of the House of Representatives The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, has announced the withdrawal of a bill seeking to amend the Electoral Act 2022 to make voting mandatory for all eligible Nigerians, which he co-sponsored with Rep. Daniel Asama Ago. The bill’s withdrawal was disclosed on Monday by the Speaker’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Abdullahi Krishi. He...
Despite citizens being so hard-pressed on incessant utility tariff hikes, the senate passed only only motion which called for a halt to electricity bills raise. The Tinubu administration went ahead with the electricty hike with a deafening silence from lawmakers By all standards, electricity remains a basic amenity. Yet in Nigeria, it has become a luxury. Despite persistent national outrage over the rising cost of electricity, the 10th senate has entertained just one motion specifically...
A survey conducted by OrderPaper on the disbursement of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) funds revealed significant public dissatisfaction and systemic challenges. This is as the House of Representatives conducted a probe of the programme behind closed doors with a report yet to be released weeks after the deadline for submission A recnt survey into the disbursement of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) funds has revealed widespread public dissatisfaction and systemic challenges. The survey was conducted by...
