Tag: NASS members

Court voids ₦110bn SUVs, allowance schemes spending for NASS members

Aminu Imam
Court voids NASS

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declared unlawful the 10th National Assembly’s controversial ₦110 billion vehicle and allowance schemes, ruling that the spending of ₦40bn on 465 vehicles for lawmakers and ₦70bn in support allowances for newly elected members breached procurement laws, constitutional obligations, and the public trust. The court also ordered the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “to ensure that all future procurements or expenditure of public funds by the National Assembly comply strictly with due process requirements and…

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“You are all re-elected”, Tinubu tells NASS members at 2025 Budget presentation

Aminu Imam
Tinubu tells NASS members

In what could pass as comic relief during the serious business of budget presentation yesterday, President Bola Tinubu jocularly referred to a joint session of the 10th NASS as the 11th National Assembly. Titled: ‘Budget of Restoration’, the President presented his second budget estimate of N47.9tn before members of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Tinubu started his 30-minute presentation at 12:40pm amid cheers from lawmakers, many of whom are members of his All Progressives Congress (APC). Tinubu’s presentation followed a speech by Senate President Godswill Akpabio. “In fulfilment…

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