Tag: House of Representatives

H/Reps considers Bill stopping South-South, South-West, North-West from presidential election

Aminu Imam

There’s currently a proposed Bill at the House of Representatives which aims to prevent candidates from the North-West, South-West, and South-South regions from running for future Presidential elections in Nigeria until other regions have taken their turn. The Bill, is seeking an alteration to various sections of the 1999 Constitution to prevent the three geo-political zones from presenting candidates in the next general election. The proposed Bill, titled: “An Act to modify the provisions of the Constitution of Nigeria to introduce a system of power rotation among various geographic and…

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UN Report: H’Reps urges FG to act on ‘24 terrorist cells’ in Katsina

Aminu Imam

The House of Representatives has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to act on the recent United Nations (UN) Special Report on the ongoing security challenges in certain areas of Katsina State, which revealed the existence of 24 terrorists’ cells spanning approximately 30 forests in the North-West region. The urgent call followed a Motion sponsored by Hon. Aliyu Abubakar, which later resulted in the resolution’s passage. In his opening remarks, Hon. Abubakar noted that the North-Western States have long been connected with banditry, particularly Katsina State, where 23 of the 34…

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H’Reps urge FG to revisit over 60,000 abandoned projects

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…To probe MultiChoice over alleged N1.8tr, $342m tax fraud The House of Representatives, has called on the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to revisit all abandoned projects spread across the country and complete them for the use of Nigerians. The lower legislative chamber, during yesterday’s plenary, lamented the number of infrastructural projects left uncompleted by successive administrations. Leading the debate on the Motion: ‘Need to access and fix abandoned Federal Government projects across the country’, the sponsor of the Bill and member representing Ijebu-North/Ijebu-East/Ogun Waterside, Joseph Adegbesan, described as disappointing the…

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‘Lawmakers’ salaries too small for job responsibilities’ – Deputy Speaker

Aminu Imam

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has said the current salaries of federal lawmakers cannot take them home to do the jobs they were elected to do. Kalu’s comments was made on Monday, as protests against economic hardship rock major cities across Nigeria, with many clamouring for cuts in governance costs. While stressing that the take home pay of the average lawmaker is a ‘far cry’ from what people insinuate, Kalu called for understanding, saying the call for the slashing of their salary by 50 percent is…

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House of Representatives extends recess, to resume January 30

Aminu Imam

The House of Representatives has announced an extension of its ongoing recess, with the resumption of members now slated for Tuesday, January 30. Recall that the 10th National Assembly proceeded on break on December 30, 2023, shortly after passing the 2024 Appropriation Bill and announced January 23, 2024, as the resumption date. However, in a statement issued yesterday by the House Spokesman, Akin Rotimi, the lawmakers have additional week to resume following an official communication from the Clerk of the House, Yahaya Danzaria. The communication read: “I am directed to…

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Just In! Ex-House Speaker, Ghali Umar Na’Abba passes on in Abuja

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A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’Abba, is dead. The second Speaker of the House of Representatives in this 4th Republic, Na’Abba died in the early hours of today, Wednesday. Although, newsmen were unable to get the details surrounding the circumstances of his death as of press time, it was gathered that his corpse was being conveyed by his family members for burial. Recall that Na’Abba was elected Member of the House of Representatives from Kano State in 1999. He became the seventh Speaker a few…

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Suspended Controversial Nigeria Air: H/Reps summon Ex-Aviation Minister, Sirika, NCAA

Aminu Imam

The House of Representatives has directed its Committee on Aviation to invite the immediate past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to brief it on the status of the proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air, as of the time he left office. The former minister is expected to provide insights on a wide range of controversies surrounding the project. This followed the adoption of a motion moved by Tarkighir Dickson at plenary on Thursday.Presenting the motion, he said the former minister in 2016 proposed an aviation road map with national carrier as…

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H’Reps order arrest of CBN Governor, Cardoso, 18 others

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The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition has issued warrant of the arrest on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Madein, and 17 others for refusing to appear before it to answer questions on their operations. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Fred Agbedi, at the committee’s hearing on Tuesday. Moving the Motion, Agbedi said that the arrest warrant had become inevitable following the attitude of the invitees. He said that the parliament worked with time,…

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Covid-19 Probe: H’Reps. Committee queries FERMA over alleged mismanagement of N60bn on non-existent  projects

Aminu Imam

The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives investigating the alleged mismanagement of Covid-19 intervention funds from 2020 to 2021 on  Monday grilled officials of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency, (FERMA), on the ultilisation of the over N60bn allocated to the agency during the dreaded Covid-19 epidemics  The Committee, which is chaired by Bamidele Salam, expressed disappointment over the way and manner the management of the agency, led by its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Chukwuemeka Agbasi appeared before the committee with a large delegation. The agency, which was…

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Missing N43bn Revenue: H/Reps to hand over NCAA management to EFCC

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The House of Representatives has threatened to hand over the management of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over alleged missing N43 billion revenues generated in 2022. Chairman, House Committee on Finance, James Faleke, issued the notice in Abuja on Monday, during the ongoing interactive session with revenue-generating agencies. Records provided by Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) revealed that 16 million passengers were transported by local airlines in 2022. It revealed that three million passengers were transported by international airlines. It was gathered…

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