An ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives on Tuesday queried the implementation of the Escravos gas-to-liquids (EGTL) Gas Project. The committee said the project which should cost 2.9 billion dollars was quoted as 10.7 billion dollars. The committee on the Joint Venture of the NNPC limited, raised...
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja met behind closed door with the leadership of the House of Representatives over the ongoing strike by the Academic staff union of universities (ASUU). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, led...
The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Power, to investigate the causes of the reoccurring national grid collapse in the country. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Sani Bala (APC-Kano) at plenary on Tuesday in Abuja. Presenting the motion, Bala...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – A member of the House of Representatives representing Fagge Federal Constituency, Hon. Aminu Suleiman along side other applicants have applauded the Passport Control Officer (PCO) in charge of Gwagwalada Immigration NIS office, DCI Mohammed Muhamoud Adamu for adhering to due process in discharging his...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd has debunked claim of operating a secret account. NNPC’s spokesperson, Garba Deen Muhammad said reports credited to the House of Representatives ad hoc Committee set up to investigate “The structure, accountability and production sharing contracts of the NNPC from 1990 to date”, which allegedly found...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila has invited the Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige and several others to appear before the lawmakers on Thursday next week. Gbajabiamila, who said this on Thursday at the resumed fact-finding meeting on the strike embarked upon by the...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has invited some top government functionaries to a meeting with a view to resolving the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Gbajabiamila made this known after five hours closed door meeting between the leadership of the house and...
The House of Representatives has summoned the Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Okolieaboh Sylva for failing to lay the 2020 audit reports of Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) of Government Rep. Oluwole Oke, Chairman, Committee on Public Accounts, issued the summoned on Tuesday in Abuja at the...
The Executive Vice Chairman, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Mr Babatunde Irukera, on Monday said the commission had a target revenue of N14.3 billion for 2023. Irukera made this known at a hearing on the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework/Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) orgnised by the House...
The House of Representatives has promised to unravel the circumstances that led to the July 5 Kuje jail break by suspected Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP). Rep. Sha’aban Sharada, the Chairman House Committee on National Security and Intelligence, said this on Monday at the resumed investigative hearing...
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali, has questioned the figures for the daily consumptions of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. According to Col. Ali, if the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation puts daily consumption of PMS at 60 million litres, why does...
The House of Representatives Committee on Finance, has frowned at discrepancies in the figures of Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on 2021 remittances by government agencies. Rep. Stanley Olajide (APC- Oyo) a member of the committee said this...
The House of Representatives has summoned the Auditor-General of the Federation (AGF) to appear before it on Aug. 30, for explanation on fuel subsidy payments between 2013 and 2022. The lawmakers want the auditor-general to provide documentary evidences on the audit carried out on the monies spent on fuel...
A member of the House of Representatives, Farah Dagogo, that was prosecuted by the Rivers State Government this year for allegedly promoting cultism in the state, has declared support for the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta...
An Ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives has given the Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) a seven-day ultimatum to reconcile its account or pay N13.3 billion into the federation account. NEPZA declared, however, that it did not owe the federation account any money and that the money...
The House of Representatives has summoned the Ministers of Power and Finance and heads of Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) over a 33 million dollars Azura power purchase agreement. Other agencies invited include: Nigeria Bulk Electricity Transmission (NBET), Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)...
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public accounts, Mr. Wole Oke has disclosed how the Ministry of Agriculture spent N18.9 billion on bush clearing during the COVID-19 lockdown. Mr. Oke said the ministry disclosed this while responding to a probe on how it spent N18.9 billion....
The House of Representatives’ adhoc committee on subsidy regime has issued a one-week ultimatum to the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed. The committee gave the ultimatum after the minister failed to honour its invitation but instead sent a representative. The lawmakers are, among other things, investigating the total...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Public Account Committee (PAC) of the House of Representatives is investigating the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) and Terminal Operators (Nigeria) Limited over $68,473m debts owed the Federal Government on lease and throughput fees between 2006 and June 2022. The Committee being chaired by...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said that it recorded over N60 billion decline in revenue available for its operations. The Executive Secretary of the Fund, Mr Sonny Echono, said this on Thursday in Abuja. This was when members of the House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education...