Two bills were stepped down on the floor of the Senate in today’s plenary just as a bill to establish electoral commission for local governments is introduced Introduction of a bill to establish electoral commission for LGs A bill seeking to establish a federal agency for the conduct of local government elections has scaled first reading in the aenate. Titled, “Local Government Independent Electoral Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2024,” it is sponsored by chairman, senate committee on...
The bill was thrown out because there are already existing federal and state agencies working to keep the roads safe. The Senate has thrown out a bill seeking to establish a national road transport council to be saddled with the responsibility of regulating the road transport industry and the transport profession in Nigeria. The bill was thrown out after a debate led by the chief whip of the senate, Tahir Monguno (APC, Borno North) during...
A probe into the collapse of a two-storey school building in Plateau State and the President’s budget request were discussed on floor of the Senate today. Senate calls for probe in collapsed school building The Senate has called for a probe into the tragic collapse of the Saints Academy School building in Plateau State. This was contained in a motion sponsored by the three Plateau Senators, Pam Mwadkon (ADP, Plateau North), Diket Plang (APC, Plateau...
The senate committee defended NNPCL and ordered the contractor of the $1.27billion project to speed up work or face consequences. The Senate through its committee on local content has frowned at the delay in the execution of the $2.8billion Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project by Brentex CCP Limited. In an interactive session on Tuesday, the committee chaired by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central) discussed with the management of Brentex CPP Limited with regard to...
NNPCL has assured that the economy would be recovered from the woods in no time. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have disclosed that the ailing economy is getting revitalised based on emerging indicators. This was revealed on Monday at an interactive session of the national assembly joint committee on finance chaired by Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East). Critical stakeholders including the ministers of finance, Wale...
Senator Adaramodu, in this exclusive interview with OrderPaper, explains why citizens must take ownership of constituency projects Since the inception of constituency projects in Nigeria there have been misconceptions, poor evaluations and misinformation of the scheme in the public domain. While some acknowledge that such projects help in bringing development to grassroots constituencies, others have continuously criticised it. Also known as Zonal Intervention Projects (ZIP), constituency projects are generally defined as particular efforts or development...
A bill to create a new state from Kano, forex regulation and moves to contain fire outbreaks were highlights in today’s senate plenary Senate introduces constitutional bill to create new state from Kano The Senate has introduced a bill seeking to alter the constitution to create a new state, Tiga State, from Kano. The bill is sponsored by Senator Kawu Sumaila (NNPP, Kano South). This is not the first time that the senate is proposing...
The incumbent president of the senate, Godswill Akpabio, and his predecessor, Ahmad Lawan, openly disagree over the best time to start senate plenary There was a mild argument on the floor of the Senate between the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio and the immediate past Senate President, Ahmad Lawan over a move to adjust commencement time for plenary. This was prompted by a motion sponsored by the Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele (APC,...
Akinremi, the lawmaker, who was from Oyo State, died at the early hours of today after a brief illness The Senate has suspended it plenary sitting in honour of late Rep. Olajide Akinremi, popularly known as Jagaban. The lawmaker had passed away at the early hours of the day following a brief illness. Until his death, Akinremi represented Ibadan north federal constituency in Oyo State. As is the tradition, the senate shortly after convening for...
Akpabio says the Tinubu administration will deploy 2 trucks of fertisers to each senator and 1 to each member in the house. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has disclosed that the Federal Government has commenced deployment of 60 trucks of fertilisers to each of the 36 states through their governors. Akpabio also mentioned that all senators will receive 2 trucks of fertilisers each while members of the House of Representatives will receive 1...
