Presidency has dismissed reports of crisis between President Muhammadu Buhari and members of the National Assembly as fictional, saying the president never expressed anger in his dealings with NASS. It however, admitted that there was disagreement between the Executive and legislature over 6,576 new schemes worth N37 billion ”smuggled”...
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday expressed strong reservations on the “worrisome changes” made by the National Assembly to the 2022 Executive Budget proposal. The President stated this on Friday in Abuja when he signed into law the 2022 Appropriation Bill and the 2021 Finance Bill in the presence of...
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu (APC-Nasarawa West), said on Wednesday that is happy President Muhammadu Buhari did not sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. Adamu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Keffi that the National Assembly had no business passing a Bill to determine how parties nominate...
The Independent National Electoral Commission’s plan to transmit election results electronically in 2023 is currently doubtful as the Federal Government has revealed that only 473 out of 774 local government areas in the country have Internet access. By implication, 301 local government areas have no Internet access, thus transmitting...
The National Assembly has dismissed media reports that members of the two chambers of the assembly had commenced collection of signatures to counter President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent the electoral amendment bill. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, made this known when he fielded questions...
Sen. Sadiq Umar (APC -Kwara) says overriding President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Amendment Act Bill by the National Assembly would have plunged the country into constitutional crisis. Umar, also Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Business, said this when he interacted with the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Vanguard for Transparent Leadership and Democracy (VATLAD), has called on National Assembly to without delay, totally reject and throw out the provocative and insulting three hundred and five billion naira (N305b) INEC budgeted for the conduct of “2023 General Elections. The National President of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Senate has received a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari explaining his decision to withhold presidential assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021 passed by the National Assembly. President Buhari’s position was conveyed in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan,...
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu says the commission will require N305 billion to conduct the 2023 general elections. He disclosed this during a meeting with the Senate Committee on Appropriation at the National Assembly on Monday. The INEC boss also noted that the...
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, says the National Assembly will continue to support President Muhammadu Buhari to enable him deliver more dividends of democracy to Nigerians. Lawan stated this in Gombe on Sunday while inaugurating Gombe North Senatorial District Empowerment programme by Sen Sa’idu Alkali (Gombe North). He...
Amid heightened anxiety over the decision of the President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Act amendment bill, the Presidency said on Saturday evening that the President would make his decision known soon. This is as the 30-day period within which the President is expected to assent or withhold his...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Vanguard for Transparent Leadership and Democracy (VATLAD), has urged the National Assembly and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to stop instigating Nigerians against President Muhammadu Buhari. This was contained in a statement signed by the President of VATLAD, Comrade Igbini Emmanuel and made...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Some Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) based in Bauchi State have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to increase the credibility of the 2023 general elections by immediately accenting to the amended Electoral bill 2021 sent to him by the National Assembly on 19th November. The CSOs made...
The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, says the National Assembly will pass the proposed 2022 budget before the end of the legislative week. He disclosed this on Monday in Abuja while giving a lecture at the maiden Distinguished Parliamentarians Lecture Series organised by the National Institute for...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of House of Representatives Mr Femi Gbajabiamila to investigate the N10 billion funds budgeted to the National Assembly said to be missing. The SERAP Deputy Director Kolawole...
The National Assembly (NASS) will provide resources in the 2022 budget to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Senate President Ahmad Lawan made this known on Monday while declaring open a National Summit on COVID-19 with the theme: “End the Pandemic and Build Back Better,” organised by the Presidential Steering Committee...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and civil society organisations on Monday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The National Assembly has passed the bill and transmitted the document to President Buhari on November 19 for assent. While the Executive Director, Policy and...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A Federal lawmaker representing Cross River South Senatorial District, Senator Gershom Bassey has called on the Federal Government to urgently see the need of establishing one specialist hospital in each of the six geo-political zones of the country. This according to Senator Bassey would boost...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The National Assembly has transmitted the Electoral Bill 2021 to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. The Senior Special Adviser to the President on the National Assembly Senator, Babajide Omoworare, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He said this is in pursuance of Section...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law two important bills passed by the National Assembly thereby making them to become part of the Laws of the Federation. The Climate Change Act owes its origin to a bill sponsored by a member of the House...