This was contained in a letter sent addressed to Senate President, Senator David Mark, which was read on the floor of the Senate
Author: Emmanuel Leke
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
The createn of special courts for environmental issues was received with mixed reactions by various delegates, depending on which tribal grouping they belonged to
The Northern minorities, who vented their anger against marginalization in the North, lamented that they have been prevented from building churches in certain areas and had existing churches burnt down or demolished
Nwaogu made the assertion during her welcome address on Monday at the National Conference on Gas Resources, organized by the committee in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and other relevant stakeholders