The call was contained in a letter to both the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, made available to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday.
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Ngige tendered the apology at a meeting with the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and members of the National Assembly joint Committees on Labour.
The Senate President, who lampooned Keyamo, insisted that the recruitment of 774,000 youths into special public works remains suspended until detailed explanations on the modalities for its implementation are received from the Executive.
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has called for the immediate review of the privatisation exercise of the power sector by previous administrations.
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has congratulated Nigerian journalists and all the stakeholders in the profession as they join their colleagues all over the globe to mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day.
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Saturday met with the leadership of the National Assembly to intimate it with an Executive proposal to establish a N500 billion COVID-19 Crisis Intervention Fund.
The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, has called on the Federal Government to immediately devise ways of providing relief for poor Nigerians whose daily livelihood will be affected as a result of the restriction on movement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has urged the World Bank to come to the aid of Nigeria in her effort at poverty alleviation in the country.
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has sought the assistance of the United Nations on the repatriation of looted funds back to Nigeria.
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has assured Nigerians that the National Assembly will take full responsibility for the application of President Muhammadu Buhari’s $22.79 billion loan request to various projects domiciled with Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sent an open letter to the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, urging him to use his leadership position to “ensure that the bill that would allow ‘repentant Boko Haram terrorists’ opportunities to access public funds to enjoy foreign education is immediately dropped, and to sponsor bills that would ensure access to justice and reparation for the victims of Boko Haram terrorist group.”
The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa, in a statement on Friday in Abuja said the award was in recognition of his contributions to the fight against banditry, insurgency and terrorism in Nigeria
Ebute wants Lawan as the most senior political appointee from the North East to convoke and lead the geopolitical zone’s reconciliation and peace to end Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorism bedeviling the area
The Northern Governors’ Forum on Sunday felicitated with the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, who attained the age of 61 years.
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday charged the Independent National Electoral Commission to work with the National Assembly towards sanitising the country’s electoral process.
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday granted leave to the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project in a suit against President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President Ahmed Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila “over the failure to disclose details of allocations, disbursement and spending of an estimated N241.2 billion yearly as security votes between 1999 and 2019.”
Lawan stated this in his remarks after the Senate debated exhaustively on Thursday two critical Bills for an Act to amend the National Council on Public Procurement and Bureau of Public Procurement Act No. 14 of 2007.
The request is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan by President Muhammadu Buhari.
“The National Assembly will do the right thing; which is to work on the budget and pass it,” Lawan said at the unveiling of the Legislative Agenda of the House of Representatives.
1. Mr President, on behalf of my colleagues, Distinguished Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Honourable Members of the House of Representatives, I welcome you and members of your entourage to this first Joint Session of the 9th National Assembly for the presentation of the 2020 Budget Estimates.