The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, on Friday sought the nod of the House of Representatives to classify its facilities as high security facilities across Nigeria. Yakubu made the appeal in Abuja during the investigation hearing of the the ad-hoc Committee Investigating the...
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The Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that it was doubtful that the current constitutional amendment effort would be concluded before the expiration of the 9th Assembly. He made the call at the “2022 Parliamentarians Lecture” organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS)...
The House of Representatives on Thursday summoned the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Godwin Emiefele over the bank’s new cash withdrawal policy. This followed the adoption of a motion of Urgent Matter of Public Importance by Rep. Aliyu Magaji (APC-Jigawa) at plenary. The House urged the governor...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, on Tuesday, inaugurated 11 man Special Investigative Panel on Oil Theft/Losses in Nigeria. The panel, which is chaired by the Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, retired Maj.-Gen. Barry Ndiomu, has seasoned administrators and retired top military and police officers as...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday asked the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hajiya Sadiya Farouk to quit as minister if she was not ready for the job. This followed her incessant failure to appear before various Committees of the House to defend the ministry’s 2023 budget...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday grilled Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, Total Energies and First E and P over alleged tax evasion. The companies appeared before the ad hoc Committee investigating the Structure and Accountability of the Joint Venture (JV) Business and Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) of...
The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has revealed that the commission recovered over N117 billion between January and August. Owasanoye disclosed this before the House of Representatives’ committees on anti-corruption and appropriation during the commission’s defence of the 2023 Budget Proposal...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The House of Representatives has postponed resumption of plenary to Tuesday, November 22, to allow for fumigation of the green chamber. The Clerk of the house, Dr Yahaya Danzaria, announced the postponement in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The clerk urged members of...
An Ad hoc Committee of the House of Representatives has invited stakeholders in the concession of Lagos International Trade Complex (LITC) over unrecovered N6.5 billion. The committee which is investigating the lease of Federal Government owned assets made the resolution sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by...
President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted the 2023 statutory budget of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the House of Representatives for approval. Buhari also transmitted to the House, the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal (CCT) and the Constitution of the Federal...
The House of Representatives Committee on Population has queried the National Population Commission (NPC) over N 1.9 billion spent on presidential summit in villa and conferences organised across the country. The committee at the budget defence in Abuja on Wednesday challenged the NPC directors to make an oral presentation...
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has summoned the Minister of finance, Zainab Ahmed; the Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze; and the acting Accountant General of Federation, Okolieaboh Sylva; to explain why the Office of the Auditor General for the Federation (AuGF) is undermined...
The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs has resolved not consider the 2023 budget of the Ministry of Foreign until it complies fully with the 2022 Appropriation Act. The Chairman of the committee, Rep. Yakub Buba (APC-Adamawa) revealed the position at a 2023 budget defence session on Wednesday...
The Academic Staff Union of the Universities (ASUU) has appealed to the Federal Government to reconsider its stance on using Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) for paying its members’ salaries. Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, President ASUU, said this at a meeting with Speaker of the House of Representatives,...
The morale of staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) was boosted within the week as the House of Representatives declared support to the quest by the company to embark on the rehabilitation of the nation’s refineries. The support was declared by the house ad hoc Committee...
Rep. Magaji Da’u, the Chairman of House Committee on Power, has blamed reoccurring National Grid collapse on obsolete infrastructure inherited by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). Da’u, who represents Birnin Kudu/Buji Federal Constituency of Jigawa, said this when he fielded reporters’ questions after a reception in his honour...
A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Kingsley Uju-Chima (APC-Imo) says no fewer than 80,000 people have so far been affected by the flood ravaging his constituency in Imo. In an interview with newsmen on Friday, Uju-Chima who represents Ohaji/Egbema, Oguta, Oru Federal Constituency of Imo, said that...
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading the 2023 appropriation Bill, as members kicked against the continuous payment of fuel subsidy and high debt profile in the country The House also said that the two issues were the major factors crippling the nation’s economy. Rep. Abubakar Fulata,...
The House of Representatives has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to immediately suspend the sale of Polaris Bank Plc. The House said the suspension should be until the CBN deposit Insurance Corporation and the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria concluded all processes for open, transparent, and competitive...
The House of Representatives has resolved to probe circumstances that led to the setting ablaze of an oil vessel allegedly involved in oil theft by security operatives. This followed the adoption of a motion on urgent national importance moved by Rep. Onofiok Luke (PDP-Akwa-Ibom) at the plenary session on...