Tag: Lawmakers

June 12: Tinubu to confer national honours on select lawmakers

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Tinubu to confer

President Bola Tinubu would on June 12 confer national honours on selected legislators in commemoration of Democracy Day. This is contained in a statement issued by the House Spokesman, Akin Rotimi Jr., in Abuja yesterday. The leadership and members of the 10th House of Representatives will participate in a Special Joint Sitting of the National Assembly on Thursday, June 12. The President, who is expected to be the special guest of honour will address the joint sitting of the legislators. “The programme will also feature goodwill messages from former presiding…

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“Many Nigerian lawmakers consume, trade in hard drugs” – Senator

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Lawmaker on hard drugs

…Recommends drug tests for politicians  Senator representing Kano-South, Kawu Sumaila, has alleged that many members of the 10th National Assembly engaged in drug abuse while carrying out their official duties. Sumaila said this during plenary yesterday, while contributing to the debate on a Bill to establish the National Institute for Drug Awareness and Rehabilitation. The senator specifically said most of his colleagues possessed hard drugs and kept them in their various constituency offices and homes. He also claimed that majority of the senators have ties with drug dealers. He said,…

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15 Fed. lawmakers accuse Kyari of being behind economic hardship

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15 lawmakers on Kyari

The Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, has been accused of undermining the economic policy of the President Bola Tinubu-led Government. The allegation was levelled at Kyari by fifteen members of House of Representatives, under the aegis of ‘The Economy Rescue Group’. The group, via an issued statement signed by their leader, Hon. Esosa Iyawe, lawmaker representing Oredo federal constituency, in which Kyari was asked to resign or be suspended by the President. The lawmaker said: “We, the 15 concerned lawmakers,…

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“No! Nigeria doesn’t need additional State'” – Agbakoba SAN replies South-East lawmakers

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Olisa Agbakoba

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, has faulted agitation for State creation in the South-East by a senator and some House of Representatives members representing the region, describing the proposal as a misplaced priority. Agbakoba, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), expressed the view in an interview with newsmen yesterday in Lagos. The House of Representatives recently passed for second reading, a bill seeking the creation of Etiti State out of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States from the South-East geo-political zone. The…

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“Lawmakers monthly earnings can’t last more than 3 days” – Ex-Reps. Speaker, Dogara

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Ex Reps Speaker, Dogara

…Says his monthly allowance as Speaker was N25m Former House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara has revealed that lawmakers’ monthly earnings last only three days. Speaking at the first-ever legislative open week in Abuja yesteeday, Dogara, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, disclosed his monthly salary was under N400,000 during his tenure, with a monthly allowance of N25 million as a presiding officer. He urged legislators to disclose their finances to counter claims of receiving exorbitant salaries. He emphasised that despite the scrutiny of lawmakers’ earnings, their allowances are insufficient…

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Rivers: Court declares 25 pro-Wike lawmakers’s seats vacant

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Rivers H'Assembly

The Rivers State High Court, sitting in Port-Harcourt, yesterday, has issued an interlocutory injunction barring the pro-Wike lawmakers led by factional Speaker, Martins Amaewhule, from further sitting and parading themselves as members of the State’s House of Assembly. The court, presided over by Justice Charles.N. Wali, gave the order in a suit filed by the pro-Governor Siminalayi Fubara House of Assembly, led by the Speaker, Victor Oko-Jumbo and two others, Sokari Goodboy and Orubienimigha Timothy. In court papers, the suit listed 25 lawmakers as 1st to 25th Defendants and the…

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Parliamentary Group calls for essays on Nigerian Governance System

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Lawmakers calls

The Parliamentary System Support Group, (PSSG), has invited vibrant youths in Nigeria to engage in a scholarly examination of the country’s governance system. A document released by its Committee on the National Essay Competition said the initiative seeks to explore the potential shift from the current presidential to a home-grown parliamentary system, aiming to foster a deeper understanding among young Nigerians of the structures that underpin democratic processes and governance efficiency in Nigeria. The committee said the essay is open globally to all Nigerian students in any tertiary institution and…

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Zamfara: House of Assembly suspends 2 lawmakers for aiding banditry

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The Zamfara House of Assembly has suspended two of its members, Yusuf Muhammad (APC-Anka) and Ibrahim Tukur (APC-Bakura) for allegedly aiding banditry in the State. This followed the adoption of a motion by Yusuf Kanoma (APC- Maru North) at Tuesday’s plenary in Gusau, the State capital. Speaking on the motion, Kanoma urged the house to suspend the lawmakers over allegations that they were collaborating with bandits in the State. “One of them is suspected to have supplied information to bandits leading to the death of one of our lawmakers, Muhammad…

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