Pwajok said: “In order to deepen our democracy and open the political space, it has become imperative to allow for the right of individuals to contest for any elective office, not necessarily on the platform of political parties but even as independents
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The bill seeks to grant the control of revenues derived from mineral resources domiciled in the states to their various governments.
The Bill is titled: “A bill for an Act to alter the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to vest the control of the revenues derived from minerals, mineral oils, natural gas in, under or upon any land in the states of the federation and for other related Matters
According to the bill, the account categorised as dormant refers to ones that have no customer or depositor initiated transaction for a period of one year, while inactive account refers to account without transaction within six months
The House also mandated its committees on Land Transport and Appropriation to engage the Minister of Transportation and relevant agencies for the project’s inclusion in 2017 budget
Presently, the power to make those appointments is the exclusive preserve of the President, Court of Appeal as contained in section 1(3) of the Sixth Schedule of the 1999 Constitution (as amended)
Leading the debate, Douye argued that lack of physical activities resulted to poor health and in some cases death which in turn had negative impact on the economy in terms of healthcare or loss of manpower
Although the rumour was denied by the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Fulata said it was coming at a time when the nation is going through difficult times.
The Ad hoc Committee probing insurance companies’ pay out to Ministries, Departments and Agencies made the allegation when the Managing Director of NIGCOMSAT, Bimbo Alale, appeared before its members
He held that budgeting and procurement process should take cognizance of the fact that agriculture is a time-bound engagement that is possible mainly during the rainy season
The resolutions were sequel to the adoption of a motion sponsored by Simon Arabo titled: “Need to Investigate the Killing of 43 People and Burning of 65 Houses in eight villages in Southern Kaduna on November 13
Moving the motion, Gbajabiamila said it followed a communication from President Muhammadu Buhari on October 25, requesting for virement of funds in the Appropriation Act 2016
It seeks to prohibit the manufacturing, possession, acquisition, transportation, supply or use of weapons, explosives or nuclear, biological or chemical weapons as well as research into, and develop biological and chemical weapons without lawful authority
But the Senate on Wednesday turned down the request, insisting that the executive should provide a breakdown of the projects to be funded with the money
According to Onyeama, the bill is before the House ad hoc committee on the review of the constitution and for now it remains a working document until it is forwarded for debate
SERAP said in a statement by its Executive Director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, in Lagos on Wednesday that the world body should wade into the matter
According to him, at the beginning of every financial year, brokerage firms, insurance and reinsurance companies are invited to bid for insurance of government fixed and non-fixed assets
The House Committee on Privatisation took the position in Abuja after it expressed dissatisfaction with the presentation of the Group Executive Director (Refineries) of the NNPC, Anibor Kragha
Odeneye called the attention of the House to the “indiscriminate application’ of tax incentives as pre-conditions for attracting foreign investments to the country
He said the committee would investigate the involvement of government agencies in the issuance of international passports, residence permits, border surveillance and patrol
It will be recalled that the Pension Reform Act of 2004 established a contributory pension scheme for the payment of retirement benefits of employees in public service and private sector