By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The House of Representatives has said the President Bola Tinubu led Federal Government gave members rice to be distributed to their constituencies as palliative but not N100 million as being peddled. Rep. Akin Rotimi, Chairman, House Committee on Media and Publicity, said this in...
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The Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Rep Abubakar Bitchi, says MDAs have pledged to increase their revenue-base in the 2024 fiscal year in order to fund the budget. Bitchi said this after the House approved the 2024 Budget proposal which was presented before the joint...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, says the 10th House of Representatives considered 962 bills, 500 motions, and 153 petitions within six months. Abbas said this in Abuja on Saturday at plenary, shortly before the House adjourned for the New Year break. He...
The House of Representatives on Saturday passed the sum of N28.777 trillion in expenditure for the 2024 fiscal year, following a report by Rep. Abubakar Bitch, Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation. Speaker Tajudeen Abbas who read the breakdown of the report during plenary gave the National Judicial Council...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education has commended the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for ensuring transparency in all its financial transactions and other activities. The committee, chaired by Hon. Oforji Oboku, gave the commendation on Wednesday in Abuja...
Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on University Education, Rep. Abubakar Fulata, has said universities and other tertiary institutions should not abuse their exemption from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Fulata said this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Friday, commending President Bola Tinubu...
The House of Representatives say it will monitor the investigation into the military drone attack that killed over 80 Nigerians in Kaduna State on Nov. 3. Rep. Babajimi Benson, Chairman, House Committee on Defence, gave the assurance in a statement titled, “Tudun Biri tragedy elicits profound sorrow”...
The House of Representatives has rejected representatives of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor and Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service insisting they appear personally person to defend their 2024 budget proposal. Also the representatives of Federal Inland Revenue Service were also rejected by the House Committee on...
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Assets, has pledged to work toward recovering all Federal Government’s assets that were looted from individuals and groups. The Chairman of the Committee, Mr Ademorin Kuye, said this at a retreat for members of the committee on Tuesday in Abuja....
The House of Representatives has accused the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) of hiding billions of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) thereby depriving the nation of its financial responsibility. The House of Reps Committee on Finance subsequently threatened to remove the Managing Director and other top officials from the...
The House of Representatives has invited the Acting Executive Secretary, National University Commission (NUC), Director General, Council of Legal Education over termination of law programme at the National Open University Commission (NOUN). Others invited included heads of the Nigeria Law School, the Chairman of the Board of Benchers...
The House of Representatives Public Account Committee has queried the Ministry of Water Resources for spending N4 billion on the recruitment of 100 personnel for a period of three months. The money was said to be for a project known as Youth Engagement for Sanitation (YES) across the...
The House of Representatives Committee on University Education has promised to work toward ending recurring strikes in Nigerian universities. Rep. Abubakar Fulata, the Chairman of the committee said this known at a meeting with the Executive Secretary of National University Commission (NUC) and Vice-Chancellors of federal Universities in...
The House of Representatives on Monday quizzed the management of Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) over dwindling revenues accruing from Signature Bonuses. The Chairman, House Committee on Finance, Rep. James Faleke, discovered this at the interactive session with revenue generating agencies in Abuja He said the document...
The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), says it has sacked and demoted a number of staff found to have been involved in tickets racketeering. The NRC Managing Director, Mr Fidet Okhiria, said this at the interactive session of the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on the 2024–2026 Medium-Term...
The House of Representatives has launched a status enquiry into the National Lottery Trust Fund’s financial practices after it was revealed that the organisation had expended 100 per cent of its Internally-Generated Revenue (IGR). Chairman, House Committee on Finance, Rep James Falake, has said this at the ongoing...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas says the 10th Assembly will strive to strengthen the Nigerian Armed forces and other security agencies to tackle security the challenges in the country. Abbas said this at a two-day post inauguration retreat for members of the House...
The House of Representatives has turned back representatives of the Service Chiefs, insisting that the chiefs must appear before it on Nov. 21 as summoned. The Speaker, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, said this after receiving the representatives of the chiefs at plenary on Thursday. Abbas commended the representatives for...