Malam Suleiman Gambo, Chairman of the Committee and Member Representing Paiko Constituency, disclosed this during the presentation of a report at a plenary in Minna on Wednesday.
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The House, presided over by the Speaker, Abdulazeez Gafasa, adopted the amendment during plenary on Tuesday in Kano.
This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Aminu Sa’ad (PDP-Ungoggo) at plenary on Wednesday.
The suspects are: Wilfred Ogbewe, 52; Igbinobono Collins, 26; Salami Osayomore, 25; Odion Osayande, 23; Morgan Uwanboe, 47; Ifeoluwa Oladele, 36; and Agbonrere Festus, 25 .
Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, Speaker of the House announced the nominations during plenary following a letter from the Governor, read by Alhaji Tanko Tunga, the Majority Leader.
The Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Abraham Ngobere, had announced receipt of the list of 24 commissioner-nominees from Governor Douye Diri for screening and clearance.
This was part of the submission of some lawmakers at the Lagos State House of Assembly during plenary on Tuesday, while discussing a bill sent by the Attorney General of the State and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN).
The Speaker said at the event on Tuesday that the survival was an act of God due to the fact that the pandemic had no definite cure.
The Speaker, Ikunyi-Owaji Ibani, read the letter containing the Governor’s request during plenary on Monday.
Okiye, in a letter written to the AGF, dated August 6, 2020, said he was certain that the Office of the AGF “did not have all the facts relevant to the matter, before it issued the advisory and directive to the Police to intervene in the affairs of the Edo State House of Assembly.”
The 17 lawmakers had on Thursday elected their own Speaker and Deputy Speaker.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the suspension of the strike, which commenced on Monday, followed the intervention of members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly.
The story, with the headline: “COVID-19: I warned our Speaker before Braimoh’s death — Lagos lawmaker (https://t.co/iTpAtkpY39?amp=1),” was lumped with the headline of another one: “How late Lagos lawmaker contracted COVID-19 — Colleague (https://t.co/pj4YUqjn0t?amp=1),” with both mischievously credited to Oshun and sent to the Management of the Assembly, including the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa.
This followed the adoption of a motion by Alhaji Ndagi Baba, representing Lavun Constituency, and seconded by Alhaji Saidu Tama, representing Edati Constituency, during Thursday’s plenary.
Ogundoyin told the lawmakers that taking their oversight functions seriously would help in presenting the 9th Oyo Assembly as a vibrant and focused house.
The Chairman of the committee, Somtochukwu Udeze, gave the directive when the Managing Director of the corporation, Willie Okafor, appeared before it to present the corporation’s financial transactions for 2019.
The recurrent expenditure includes N18.5 billion for personnel cost, N8.2 billion for overhead cost and N19 billion for consolidated fund charges, while the capital expenditure includes N4 billion counterpart funding and N15.5 distributable capital.
This was made known to journalists by the Deputy Chairman House Committee on Health, Ali Kalat, on Tuesday in Kaduna.
Yunusa gave the assurance while speaking to newsmen in Kaduna after the seven members appeared before the committee to defend themselves.
The confirmation followed a motion to screen the nominees during Tuesday’s plenary, moved by the Majority Leader, Alhaji Bello Ambarura (APC-Illela).