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Senator contradicts RMAFC, discloses he earns N21m allowances monthly

Controversy over the salaries and allowances of federal lawmakers continues unabated as Kano senator, Sumaila Kawu, said he earns N21 million in monthly allowances  Senator Abdurrahman Kawu Sumaila (NNPP, Kano South), has disclosed that he earns N21 million in allowances every month apart from a monthly salary of about N1 million. His disclosure contradicts the claim by the Revenie Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commisson (RMAFC) on the actual earnings by members of the national assembly....

Speaker withdraws counter subversion bill after intense backlash

The House of Representatives speaker has made a u-turn after torrential attacks by Nigerians over his obnoxious counter subversion bill The speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep Tajudeen Abbas, has made a u-turn after receiving severe backlash from Nigerians for sponsoring a bill that seeks to curb civil liberties and criminalise dissent.  The controversial bill also seeks to criminalise gathering of a wide range of groups, including associations, organisations, militias, cults, bandits, and other...

Obasanjo Vs NASS: War without end over bogus salaries  

Unmoved by pushback, former president Obasanjo wages a relentless war against the national assembly over the latter’s alleged bogus salaries and allowances   Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has continually attacked the institution of the National Assembly (NASS) at every given opportunity. He has, however, been consistent in focusing on the opaque and less than accountable finance of the legislature, especially what the public regards as the bogus salaries and allowances of members of the house of...

Senate warns NNPCL, FIRS, Police, others for ignoring audit queries

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,...

Done deal as Tinubu signs bill on salary increase for judicial officers

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...

Meet the 19 members of the 10th National Assembly from Kaduna State 

Kaduna State, in north-west Nigeria, has a total of  nineteen members in the National Assembly, comprising three senators and sixteen representatives in the House Kaduna State was created on 27 May 1967 as North Central State and renamed on 17 March 1976. The current governor, Uba Sani, is an ex-senator who represented the Kaduna Central senatorial district from 2019 to 2023. Additionally, he was an inductee, chosen through a rigorous selection process by an MVP...

INTERVIEW: Our legislative actions on food security- Okafor

Rep. Chike Okafor in this exclusive interview with OrderPaper, explains legislative efforts to address the food crisis in Nigeria In the 2023 Global Hunger Index, Nigeria ranked 109th out of 125 countries. With a score of 28.3, Nigeria has a level of hunger that is declared  ‘serious’. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that the national average cost of a healthy diet was N1,241 in June 2024. This is 19.2% higher than the amount...

Joan Mrakpor: Meet ex-rep who spent 11 days in kidnappers’ den

After 11 days in captivity, Joan Onyemaechi Mrakpor, former member of the House of Representatives, was released on August 9, 2024. We bring you pertinent details of her background in the Ex-NASS Series piece  Mrakpor was abducted on July 30, 2024, by armed gunmen at her church in Asaba, Delta State. During the incident, the gunmen shot and killed a police officer and her driver before they forcefully took her away. The gunmen reportedly escaped...

Senate refutes allegations of self-determined salaries, allowances 

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...

REVEALED: Details of Tinubu’s N3.2trn renewed hope infrastructure budget for 2024

Attempting to bridge Nigeria’s infrastructure gap, here is how President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development (RHID) programme is to be funded in the ₦6.2 trillion budget increase Nigeria’s infrastructure challenges have long hindered its economic growth. President Bola Tinubu‘s solution is encapsulated in the ‘Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund (RHIDF)’ moniker. It arguably evolved from the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) established by President Muhammadu Buhari. So is it a case of an old wine...

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