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Heads of NNPCL, FIRS, Police and 12 others agencies have been warned by the senate over refusal to respond to queries raised against them in the 2019 audit report The Senate, through its Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has expressed strong disapproval of the incessant refusal several government agencies, including the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), and the Nigeria Police Force, to respond to audit queries.  The committee’s chairman,...

A ray of light for judicial workers as President Tinubu signs judicial office holders salaries and allowances bill into law President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the judicial office holders salaries and allowances bill into law. The special adviser to the president on senate matters, Sen. Basheer Lado, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. OrderPaper recalls that President Tinubu sent the judicial office holders salaries and allowances executive bill to the senate...

The senate has described the allegations that it determines its own salaries as “uncharitable and satanic.”  In a fervent rebuttal, the Nigerian Senate has dismissed allegations suggesting that it determines its own salaries and receives special fiscal packages from the presidency. These claims, which were amplified following a visit by a group of House of Representatives members to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, have sparked significant controversy. The senate has clarified that it only receives salaries...