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The United Nations has designated the theme: ‘Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress’ for the 2024 edition of the International Women’s Day. The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Abbas Tajudeen (APC, Kaduna) and his Deputy, Rep. Benjamin Kalu (APC, Aboa) have restated their commitment to empowering and including women in politics and governance, as the world marks the International Women’s Day on Friday. The United Nations has designated the theme: ‘Invest in Women: Accelerate...

Tax is a veritable tool used by governments to regulate economic and commercial activities and ensure the availability of funds for sustainable national development. One of the many matters that seem to be deliberated upon oftentimes by the National Assembly is non-remittance and under-remittance of funds meant as revenue generation for the national purse. The fact that most companies including oil firms are indebted to the federal government by way of non-remittance of tax running...

The Committee said it would not hesitate to deal decisively with any oil firm that failed to respect and honour the investigative panel. The House of Representatives tripartite Committees investigating the implementation of corporate social responsibility by multinational oil companies and other corporate bodies in the South-South Region of the country have vowed to issue a warrant of arrest on the heads of the companies that failed to honour their invitations. The chairman of the...

The Principal Officers accused their colleagues of making calls, roaming during plenary sessions, eating, and drinking which are against the House Rules. Principal Officers of the House of Representatives, including the Deputy Speaker, Rep. Benjamin Kalu (APC, Abia), have chided their colleagues over their seeming unruly conduct during plenary sessions. The Principal Officers accused their colleagues of making calls, walking freely without decorum during plenary sessions, eating and drinking which are against the rules of...

Rep Chinda also emphasized that the minimum wage announced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not commensurate with the economic realities of the nation due to the implosion of the naria. The recent economic challenges in Nigeria have subjected workers to untold hardship as many employed Nigerians cannot afford the basic necessities of life due to inflation and a high rise in the cost of living. In reaction to this, the House of Representatives, with...

“The policy on the Naria redesign had an impact on local farmers who didn’t have access to cash when they were about to plant…” The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, has disclosed that the naria redesign of late 2022 and early 2023 had a significant impact on local rural farmers’ access to cash to use for cultivation which has played a major role in food shortages currently being experienced in the country....