Buhari had proposed N500 billion Special Intervention Programme in the 2016 Budget for these purposes
Author: Emmanuel Leke
This was contained in a letter sent to the National Assembly by President Buhari
However, addressing journalists to mark the World Polio Day, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Primary Health and other Communicable disease, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, said the committee will soon begin investigation into the alleged mismanagement of over $420 million global fund donations to Nigeria for the fight of polio and related diseases
The Director of Child Development Services in the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development,Kehinde Egbeolowo, who disclosed this in Abeokuta on Wednesday, said Korede has been enrolled as a nursery one pupil in a private school with boarding facility in the state
Abubakar, in his response, insisted that the cost of running the Senate was high and therefore should be scrapped.
The nominee noted that a situation where the senators had been receiving huge transport, wardrobe and dressing allowances and others was a clear economic loss to the country
Umaru said: “By virtue of the 1999 Constitution as amended and Order 96, Rule 37 of our Rules, the powers of this committee to oversight the judiciary and its powers include judicial matters and judges
President Muhammadu Buhari had last week forwarded the names of the judges to the Senate for consideration and confirmation
He said in a statement signed by his media Officer, Mahmud Abdullahi, that the release of the 21 girls signalled hope after such moments of despair that the abduction of over 200 Schools girls brought to their families and the entire country as well as global community
“You know where your kitchen is, you know where your living room is and I believe your wife looks after all of that, even if she is working
Governor Ahmed, who described the asphalt plant with a capacity of 25 tones per hour, as a major milestone of his administration’s determination to create vital new infrastructure and maintain existing ones for the benefit of the people of the state, directed the State Ministry of Works and Transport to commence the immediate section overlay and filling of potholes on major roads within Ilorin metropolis, the state capital, and other parts of the state
The Minister, who described the inputs of the building partners as inspiring, pointed out that it was not as if Nigeria lacked the capacity to build houses, adding that what was lacking at the moment was sustainability of the programme in a way that the country could determine how many houses it could build year-on-year on a sustainable basis
Garba said: “This unfortunate violation of police order by the Shiites and taking law into their hands constitute criminal breach of law and order and will not be condoned henceforth
In the BBC interview, Hajia Buhari said the President “does not know” most of the top officials he has appointed.
Reacting through his Special Assistant on Social Media, Bamikole Omisore, Saraki said Hajia Buhari’s comment was spot on
He ordered that an alleged handset thief, Saidu Mohammed, awaiting trial for several months in In the prison should be freed
He said the new management would ensure the best working environment and turn things around for the good of the people
The Senate called on the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing and the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission to immediately halt the raising of the bonds by Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company
Hajia Buhari stated this in an interview with the Hausa Service of the BBC
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, made this known during plenary
The decision of the Senate was sequel to a matter of urgent national importance brought under Orders 42 and 52 of the Senate’s Rules Book by Senator Joshua Lidani
Jibrin recalled how Alison-Madueke met with a senior member of the body of Principal Officers in House of Representatives at the Residence of a Lebanese in Aso Drive, Abuja to collect bribe in order to protect her in the House of Representatives