Browsing: Femi Gbajabiamila

Amusan knew where the gold was, and she fled towards it, dusting a field of champions to smash the 100-metre hurdles world record in the semifinal at 12:12, racing again 90 minutes after to snatch gold in the final. It was an unbelievable fairy tale. And Amusan wept!

Gbajabiamila particularly called out the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva; Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele; and the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (formerly Group Managing Director of the defunct Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation), Melee Kyari; as well as the Managing Director of Petroleum Pipeline Marketing Company, Isiaku Abdullahi, among others.

The members of the State’s House spoke during plenary describing Gbajabiamila as one who has brought pride to Lagos State.

He stated this in his address at the 60th birthday celebration of the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.

The President sends warm greetings to the family, friends and associates of the political leader, whom he describes as “patriotic, honest and deserves respect’’.

Sanwo-Olu, who is also celebrating his 57th birthday Saturday, described his birthday mate, Gbajabiamila, as an exceptional, committed, passionate, visionary and focused parliamentarian and politician, who has used his office as Speaker to provide exemplary and progressive leadership in the House of Representatives.

The APC National Leader said at 60, Speaker Gbajabiamila had recorded remarkable achievements and demonstrated positive leadership.

The Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, had on Wednesday, called on members willing to move a motion for the chamber to override Buhari’s veto to do so anytime from Thursday.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives said this at the resumption of plenary on Tuesday in Abuja.

The National Convener of the group, Vincent Ezekwueme, made the call in Enugu while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Democracy Day (June 12) and its importance to national unity.

The speaker, in a statement signed Wednesday in Abuja, said he was elated that his political mentor won the APC ticket.

Gbajabiamila is the second longest-serving member of the House of Representatives in the history of Nigeria behind only  Nicholas Mutu of Bomadi/Patani Federal Constituency (Delta State) who has been a member of the green chamber since 1999.

The bills are: the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill, 2022, the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill, 2022, and the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Bill, 2022.

The NNPC GMD spoke on Tuesday in Abuja before the committee set up by the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila.

He said there was a clear difference between the three terms.

The resolution was achieved a meeting that lasted over three hours at the National Assembly on Monday.

Emefiele had shunned the invitation of the leadership of the House over the crisis in the aviation sector.

Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022, which was signed by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), provides: “No political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the convention or congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election.”

The Speaker, however, noted that the Nigerian Government has responded to the challenges by taking certain measures such as increasing funding for the police and the military, recruiting personnel for security agencies, among others.

This was announced in a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker, Lanre Lasisi, on Sunday.