The letter to that effect was read at plenary, with the lawmakers citing “division and factionalisation” within the ruling party as the main reason for their action
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According to Saleh, the upward review of the service charge is part of the tariff consumers were expected to pay to encourage new companies bidding for the distribution companies to break even
Akande-Adeola said the House on May 21 considered and adopted the report on the state of emergency (certain states of the federation) proclamation, 2013 by majority votes of 253
Consequently, the Committee on Petroleum Resources and Upstream on Wednesday summoned the management of National Petroleum Investment Management Services to appear before it on November 18
It also mandated the committee to ensure that adequate resources are allocated in the 2014 budget to undertake repairs of the property so that the Permanent Representative could move into the residence
The lawmakers at plenary, presided over by Deputy Speaker, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, condemned in strong terms the action of a detachment of policemen, led by a Chief Superintendent of Police, who said he was acting “on orders from above”
This was announced by the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Adeola Solomon (APC-Lagos) at a news briefing on Wednesday in Abuja
The legislator said that during the period, plenary session would be suspended to enable members concentrate on committee work
The committee is expected to interface with the Nigeria Immigration Service, the Department of State Security and the National Intelligence Agency
Meanwhile, two bills for the establishment of a Palm Oil, Cocoa and Groundnut Development Fund, and an Act to Regulate all forms of Subsidiary Legislation, passed through the second reading
The House said restoring the service would also enable the circulation of useful security information to fight insurgency in the country
Azubuike also said that the huge capital requirement for proper running of the Abia State Polytechnic has become enormous for the state to shoulder vis-a-vis the limited finances of the state, which habours enormous industrial and indigenous technological talents, adding that every other state has a Federal Polytechnic, except Abia State