The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara of the Peoples Democratic Party, has retained his seat as member representing Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency in Bauchi.
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, was on Saturday rejected by the Smart Card Reader at his Gwaranga primary school polling unit of Gwaranga town in Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
Trade Union activist and labour leader, Issa Aremu, has admonished Senate President, Bukola Saraki to emulate the legacy of his late father, Olusola Saraki on passage of the new National Minimum Wage Bill.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has expressed sadness over the death of former House of Representatives member and ex-President of Pan-African Parliament, Bethel Amadi.
Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, on Monday, expressed grief over the death of the elder statesman and Fourth Republic federal lawmaker, Senator Joseph Waku.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has directed the Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business, Hon. Edward Pwajok, to find out what has become of the ad hoc committee investigating the Growth and Employment Project.
The adjournment was sequel to a motion moved by the Deputy House Leader, Hon. Idriss Wase, at the plenary session presided over by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, in Abuja.
The House of Representatives Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday approved and adopted the report of the ad hoc committee on a bill for an Act to repeal the National Minimum wage act to prescribe a New National Minimum Wage for workers.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, says a living wage is aptly appropriate for Nigerian workers rather than a national minimum wage because of the country’s harsh economic reality.
The House of Representatives on Thursday said it would investigate the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, over alleged irregularities in the ongoing oil and gas lease renewal.
The House of Representatives on Thursday stepped down debate on the 2019 Appropriation Bill due to failure of the Ministry of Budget and National Planning to submit a reconciled figure of the budget.
Dogara said this on Saturday at the launching of the Peoples Democratic Party for the gubernatorial and National Assembly candidates in Bununu, Bauchi State.
A member of the House of Representatives, Michael Adeniyi, on Thursday at plenary resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has urged lawmakers to work assiduously towards a speedy passage of the 2019 Appropriation Bill.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has called for the establishment of a Special Education Fund for the children of the nation’s fallen heroes.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has called for caution in the prosecution of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, for alleged failure to declare his assets.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has urged Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of Christmas, saying it is the love of God for humanity.
At a media briefing in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who spoke on behalf of government, said the “unruly lawmakers threw away parliamentary decorum to behave like ordinary protesters or agitators”.
Lawmakers disrupted the speeches of the Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and Senate President Bukola Saraki during 2019 budget presentation by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Abubakar gave the assurance at the North East zonal rally of the party in Gombe on Tuesday.