Tag: House of Representatives

Audit Query: H/Reps C’ttee probes NPA over non-remittance of multi-million dollar revenue

Aminu Imam

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has commenced an investigation into the multi-million dollar debt owed the Federal Government by terminal operators and the failure by the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA) to account for billions of naira accruing to the national treasury. The Committee Chairman, Rep. Wole Oke, asked the Management of the NPA to explain why such a huge amount of money owed to the Federal Government by terminal operators has not been recovered and paid into the federal treasury. The investigation is the sequel to 12…

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Court sacks ex-Speaker, Yakubu Dogara from House of Reps. over defection to APC

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…”We will appeal against judgment” – Dogara’s lawyer A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has ordered a former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to vacate his seat as member representing Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Federal Constituency of Bauchi State. Justice Donatus Okorowo, in his ruling Friday, declared that having defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dogara was no longer qualified to occupy the seat by virtue of Section 68(1)(g) of the Constitution. Justice Okorowo aligned with the argument…

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H/Reps to probe alleged disappearance of 10,000 FCT transit buses

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The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to investigate and recover the alleged missing 10,000 transit buses provided by the Federal Government for Transport Services within the FCT. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion raised during the plenary yesterday, by Hon. Ikenna Elezieanya (APC-Imo). Speaking, Hon. Elezieanya noted that the provision of long buses in Abuja, apart from creating jobs and generating revenue, was targeted at alleviating the sufferings of the citizens as it was designed to ease the commuting challenges of…

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Buhari writes Reps, seeks new borrowing to finance 2022 budget deficit

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President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the House of Representatives seeking an increase in the 2022 Budget deficit to be financed through borrowing from the domestic market. President Buhari said this in a letter read by Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, during the plenary yesterday. The President also requested for the review of the 2022 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework, (MTEF), upon which the budget was hinged. “As you are aware Mr. Speaker, the new development both in the global economy as well as the domestic economy has necessitated the revision of the 2022…

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Insecurity: House of Reps. consider National Assembly shutdown over Buhari’s ‘inaction’

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Some members of the House of Representatives have proposed that the National Assembly be shut down to force the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to wake up to his responsibility of ensuring the protection of lives and property of Nigerians. The lawmakers also moved the motion to force President Muhammadu Buhari to wake up to his responsibility of ensuring the protection of life and property in Nigeria. This is just as a lawmaker called for the resignation or sacking of the National Security Adviser, (NSA), Maj-Gen. Babagana Monguno, (rtd), saying he should…

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Insecurity In The Land: H/Reps urge Nigerians to arm, defend selves

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…Says: “We can be kidnapped in this chamber” Members of the House of Representatives have called on Nigerians to take personal measures aimed at defending themselves against terrorists, in reaction to the unabated terrorist attack in the country. The lawmakers stated this yesterday, while debating a ‘Motion on Matters of Urgent Public Importance’, calling attention to the recent successive terrorist attacks on the Kaduna International Airport, an Abuja–Kaduna train, as well as the raiding of different communities within Kaduna State which resulted in the loss of many lives and kidnap…

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Reps order probe into $12bn Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline project

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The House of Representatives, yesterday, took steps to address the prolonged construction of the $12 billion worth Trans-Saharan Natural Gas Pipeline project. The House urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Ltd, to provide updates on the implementation, fund utilisation and the current status of the project. The lower chamber also requested the NNPC to review the National Gas Master Plan relating to the project, in order to ensure conformity with the variables of today’s global economy. These resolutions were sequel to the adoption of a motion moved by Ahmed…

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“Stop shielding subsidiaries if you have nothing to hide”, Reps. tell NNPC Boss

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…’ We have nothing to hide,’ GMD Kyari insists The House of Representatives, yesterday, told the NNPC Limited in clear terms that it should stop shielding the heads of its various subsidiaries from investigation if it has nothing to hide from Nigerians. This was as the House Public Accounts Committee said that the company must produce before it the heads of its 17 subsidiaries indicted by the report of the Auditor-General for the Federation, (AuGF), on alleged financial infractions between 2014 and 2019. Speaking at the resumed investigative hearing on…

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H/Reps summon Petroleum, Finance Ministers, NNPC, CBN, others over poor state of refineries

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The House of Representatives has invited the minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Ltd, Mele Kyari, and the governor of Central Bank (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to appear before it next week Thursday to give an account of the true state of refineries and what is needed to be done for them to function at maximum refining capacity. The House Adhoc Committee investigating the state of refineries in the…

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Electoral Act: H/Reps condemn Court judgment

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…To report judge to NJC for empowering AGF Malami to delete Section 84(12) The House of Representatives, yesterday, vehemently condemned the judgment of a Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia State, which ordered the deletion of section 84(12) of the Electoral Act. The House also took a resolution to formally write a letter of complaints to the National Judicial Council, (NJC). The House also urged the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) to tarry a while and not to frustrate or deny the national right of appeal until…

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