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The lawmakers also claimed that some security agents have been sent to hunt for them without any reason, a situation which made them to go into hiding.
The allegation was made in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Benue State, Sir Tersoo Kula.
The passed motion was sponsored by the representative of Orlu Constituency, Ikenna Ihezuo (APC) on Tuesday.
Olajide, the Chairman, House Committee on Information Communication Technology, said this on Wednesday.
This came as members loyal to both factional Speakers allegedly held separate sittings at different locations.
Some lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara have elected Edison Ehie as the new Speaker.
A call has gone to lawmakers in the Houses of Assembly throughout Nigeria to repeal dethronement clauses in the laws of their respective states. According to the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) which made the call, this will make it impossible for governors to depose traditional rulers.
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has approved the release of outstanding severance allowances to former members of the State House of Assembly, amounting to about N16m.
Following a development that saw the Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Hyacinth Dajoh on Thursday, refuse to make the commissioners designate submitted by Governor Hyacinth Alia known to the public, a pressure group, Congress of Idoma Media Practitioners has warned that Zone C part of the state must not be shortchanged.
The Senate has described as misplaced, a comment credited to a chieftain of the Labour Party, Professor Pat Utomi, over the decision of the Senate to stop the planned increase of electricity tariffs which would further increase the suffering of the masses.
Niger State lawmakers have called on the State Governor, Rt. Hon. Umar Bago to adjust the list of commissioner nominees he forwarded to the State House of Assembly for the sake of equity and fairness before the screening and confirmation day.
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 Conference of Nigeria Political Parties has strongly lashed out at Nigerian legislators who it accused of working to impose a forced vaccination law on the country, warning that “it’s about time for the National Assembly got a dose of the Nigerian people’s wrath”.
The Lagos State House of Assembly has inaugurated a committee headed by Ibrahim Layode to look into the crisis surrounding the suspension of four lawmakers by the House.
The House of Representatives has mandated its relevant committees to get details of the agreement between Nigeria and Russia on the completion of the Ajaokuta Steel Company.
Okorocha made the call, while briefing newsmen after the Senate approved the Medium Term Expenditure FrameWork and Fiscal Strategy Paper.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday charged lawmakers to consistently maintain the path of honesty and fairness at all times as leadership entails earning the trust of the people that voted them into office.