The reason might not be unconnected with crisis that rock the party in Ogun State on who should control the structure of the party between the Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, and Osoba
Author: Emmanuel Leke
Meanwhile, a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gabjabiamila, on Friday said the zoning system adopted by the party was intentional since it was not entrenched in the party’s constitution
Ndoma-Egba said that the boundary demarcation is being conducted by officials from the United Nations and the African Union
Delegates also adopted the recommendation of the Conference Committee on Public Service to make legislators at the national and state levels to function on part time basis, while their allowances should be what obtains in other arms of public service
This was contained in a letter sent addressed to Senate President, Senator David Mark, which was read on the floor of the Senate
While some said the country had no reason to borrow considering its wealth, others said borrowing should be limited to financing capital projects
The decision of the Senate was sequel to the consideration of the report of the Joint Committee on the Federal Capital Territory and Finance, on the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Board
This was contained in a statement issued by Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos
They said only a few individuals have hijacked the benefits from the subsidisation of petroleum products
Felicia Sani, who represents market women, also expressed dissatisfaction with non-payment of allowances to delegates, saying that the circumstance has forced her to accommodate other representatives of the market women at the conference
The report, which was read at the conference by Senator Adamu Aliero, observed that the Authority operates under an ambiguous and unclear framework due to lack of information on the form and content of concessioning agreement
This is will be the second time in a week that a committee will recommend the removal of fuel subsidy
Delegates could also not sit on Thursday as the day was declared Democracy Day, a public holiday set aside to mark Nigeria’s return to democratic governance after a long period of military rule
Lawan said: “I have been part of the National Assembly since 1999 but today we have graduated into a better legislature
Owing to this development, the Makarfi-led committee recommended that the fuel subsidy regime should be discontinued
The report was submitted by the Chairman of the probe committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi
Mamman added that there was no basis for Christians and Moslems to fight since they have so many things in common
Senators who spoke separately with newsmen over the comment on Monday in Abuja by Badeh, wondered why the CDS would say that the military has discovered the camps where the abducted girls were being held only to describe it as a military secret
The members of Boko Haram on April 14, 2014 abducted close to 300 schoolgirls of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State
No fewer than 20 persons died during stampedes at different venues of the examination conducted on March 14