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Bad Roads: Reps to step on toes

Beloved JohnOctober 13, 20232 min

The works committee’s mandate includes monitoring the construction and maintenance of federal roads and bridges among others. The House of Representatives Committee of Works has pledged to investigate all abandoned road projects across the country, and sanction persons responsible. This is even as it noted that its intervention in road projects will help improve the country’s infrastructure. The chairman of the committee, Rep. Akin Alabi (APC, Oyo), made the pledge while delivering his keynote address...

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Senate move to transfer NSIP to Presidency

Sharon EboesomiOctober 13, 20232 min

Senator Lawan said the implementation of the programmes contained in the NSIP Act was flawed as intended beneficiaries were left out. The Senate has passed for second reading, a bill to amend the National Social Investment Programme Agency Act (NSIPA), 2023 seeking to move the agency from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to the Presidency. The Bill is titled “A Bill for an Act to Amend the National Social Investment Programme Agency...

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NASS: PAC reports not considered in 25 years – Fmr Clerk

Elizabeth AtimeOctober 12, 20233 min

The Ex-clerk informed that while in PAC, he wrote about 200 reports and over 2000 recommendations none of which were considered. A former Clerk of the House of Representatives, Mr. Patrick Giwa, has revealed that reports of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly have not been considered in 25 years. Giwa, the pioneer Clerk of the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives, made this known during the inaugural meeting of...

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FX: CBN lifts restriction on 43 items

Kauthar KhaleelOctober 12, 20232 min

The Apex bank said it is in consultation with market participants to achieve the goal of a single FX market. The Central Bank of Nigeria has lifted the ban on importers of 43 items restricted from accessing foreign exchange on its official platform. This is even as it restated its commitment to boost liquidity in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market and intervene from time to time, stating that interventions will decrease as liquidity improves. The...

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10th House: Legislative agenda in limbo?

Elizabeth AtimeOctober 12, 20235 min

The legislative agenda is to be used to meet the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians, and they would use it as a benchmark to evaluate and assess the performance of the House after four years. Legislative Agenda has become the common term to describe the four-year plan of policies and actions by the National Assembly. A Legislative Agenda is a social program of proposed legislations to support policies and programs of government that would help...

Senate

Senator Ifeanyi Uba dumps YPP for APC

Sharon EboesomiOctober 12, 20233 min

Before his defection to the APC, Senator Ubah was the only member of the YPP in the 10th Senate. The lawmaker representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, has left the Young Progressives Party (YPP) and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is according to a letter read by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, at Thursday’s plenary. In the letter, Senator Ubah cited inconsiderable differences with the YPP as the reason...

House of Representatives

Reps confirm NDDC board, management nominees

Kauthar KhaleelOctober 12, 20233 min

The nominees appeared before an ad-hoc committee of the House charged to screen them. The House of Representatives has screened and confirmed the presidential nominees to the Board and Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This was made known in a statement jointly signed by the Chairperson of the House Committee on NDDC, Rep. Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu, and the Chairman of the Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Rep. Akin Rotimi, on Thursday. According...

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Energy transition: Biofuel as viable alternative to fossil fuel

Efe IseghohimeOctober 11, 20236 min

Biofuel is a goldmine for Nigeria to harness in the quest for energy transition but the government must get its act right while industry players should live up to the billing Nigeria, often referred to as the “Giant of Africa”, is grappling with the dual challenge of energy sustainability and environmental responsibility. With a population of over 200 million people and an economy heavily reliant on fossil fuels, the nation faces increasing energy insecurity and...

House of Representatives

Reps mourn colleague, Rep. Danbuga

Elizabeth AtimeOctober 11, 20231 min

The House observed a minute silence in honor of the late lawmaker, who died at the age of 63, and thereafter, adjourned plenary to Thursday, October 12, 2023, in line with its tradition. The House of Representatives has commiserated with the family of Sokoto lawmaker, late Abdulkadir Jelani Danbuga, who died in the early hours of Wednesday after a brief illness. In a statement issued by the spokesperson of the House, Rep. Akin Rotimi, on...

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IDGC 2023: Kalu calls for more investment in girl-child

Elizabeth AtimeOctober 11, 20232 min

Kalu asserted that an investment in the girl-child will uphold her rights and assure a more equitable and successful future. As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the 2023 International Day of the Girl-Child, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has called for support and investment in the girl-child, saying that it will increase the visibility of the female gender in the political space and aid...

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