The standing down of the bill followed the adoption of a point of order by Senator Gabriel Suswam (PDP-Benue) and supported by Senator James Manager (PDP-Delta)
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The Senate Committee chaired by Senator Gabriel Suswam gave the verdict of poor performance during an interactive session with NERC officials and representatives of the various Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) at the Senate wing of the National Assembly.
Ortom said this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, on Wednesday in Makurdi.
The gunmen were said to have killed Suswam in his country home in Anyiin, Logo Local Government Area of the State
Suswam was re-arraigned alongside the then Commissioner for Finance during his administration, Omadachi Okolobia, on 11 counts bordering on money laundering.
Justice Ahmed Mohammed adjourned the matter following an application from the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN.
Suswam, who represents Benue North East, in a statement on Wednesday, said Terwase’s killing after turning a new leaf from crime and criminality by soldiers was counterproductive to peace already returning to the state.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Power, Senator Gabriel Suswam, while presenting the report of its Committee, informed the Senators about the Azura Power Plant agreement.
Suswam, a founding member of the PDP and former Governor of Benue State, offered the explanation in an interview with Sunday Sun.
The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Gabriel Suswanm, who made this known while speaking at the investigative hearing on power sector, added that Ministries, Departments and Agencies are owing N98 billion as electricity bills.
However, the upper legislative chamber lauded the Federal Government for its initiative to establish the N1.7 trillion COVID-19 Crisis Intervention Fund, designed to cater for critical issues on effective management of the disease.
Senator Gabriel Suswam (PDP-Benue North East) has advocated that all Nigerian political leaders should spend two days at the Nigeria Correctional Service to appreciate its challenges.
The face-off took place on Wednesday
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
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday stopped Justice Abang Okon from hearing a case against former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, alongside Okolobia Okpanachi, his former Commissioner of Finance.
An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s star witness on Monday said he received several telephone calls from different people asking him to change the statement he made with the anti-graft agency against Gabriel Suswam, former Governor of Benue State.
Abubakar Umar, an Abuja-based Bureau De Change Operator, told Justice Okon Abang at the Federal High Court, Abuja that the money was transferred through a company, Elixir Investment, in bits into his company, Fanffash Resources, with account domiciled at Zenith Bank.
Lawan stated this while declaring open a one-day round-table discussion with the theme: “Addressing Nigeria’s Power Problems,” organized by the Senate Committee on Power.
Justice Abang adjourned the matter after examination and cross-examination of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s first prosecution witness, Clara-Whyte Mshelia, by counsel to both parties were completed.
The National Assembly has indicated interest in amending the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) to provide for a smooth transition of legislative powers from an outgoing to an incoming National Assembly.