Bamidele, currently representing Ekiti Central, added that many of these legislative initiatives are already making a difference in the daily lives of the citizenry and collective prosperity of the country.
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The report was prepared by a special-purpose committee of experts appointed by the ACF Board of Trustees, following an in-depth review of the proposed bills.
Ogunlana made the promise during his maiden meeting with the Clerks and Secretaries of the National Assembly on Monday.
Both the Senate and House of Representatives passed the budget from President Bola Tinubu separately at their plenary sessions
President Tinubu had in December 2024 presented a N49.7 trillion budget proposal to the National Assembly for consideration
Speculation arose after a video surfaced on social media showing Mustapha in conversation with former Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki at a public event, sparking rumours about his possible exit from the APC.
The summon was issued by the National Assembly on Monday, through its joint Committee on Solid Minerals after Bagudu failed to appear before the house as directed last Wednesday.
The Joint National Assembly Committee vowed to push for increased funding and building of a Diaspora plaza for the Commission.
The Chairman of the committee, Sani Musa, on Thursday said the board was erroneously accused of reckless spendings.
Recall that the federal government had in the 2025 appropriation bill asked the National Assembly to approve N10 billion as capital expenditure and N1.8 billion as overhead for the Livestock Ministry.
The Federal Government had earmarked N10 billion for capital expenditure and N1.8 billion for overhead in the ministry’s 2025 budget.
The Northern Region has expressed vehement objection to the bills. They are against the bills because, in their views, the bills are entirely or partly anti-north. Given most of the observations and the pros and cons of the arguments advanced by the various commentators, it is pertinent to say that whatever views are advanced by the Northern stakeholders, the truth that must be told is that Northern Nigeria must yield itself to the full extent of modernisation, anyhow and soonest. The tax bills will invariably switch a region like the North out of its encrusted traditional and provincial life patterns.
Tinubu got to the N’Assembly at exactly 12:10 pm on Wednesday amid heavy security.
President Tinubu made this known during the budget presentation to the joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday
Specifically, the group called on NASS to organize a public hearing in Lagos to address the exploitation of consumers through fraudulent billing practices and the mismanagement of the prepaid metering system.
This was made known by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio at the plenary session on Thursday.
It spoke in a communique on Wednesday by its National President, Dr. Yetunde Akinluyi, and National Secretary, Rev. Kolawole Verrals.
It has by virtue of this become some of the most controversial bills in recent times before the National Assembly for passage
Bi-Allah said this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday following the news making the rounds that the president was billed to present the budget on Wednesday, November 27.
Agbakoba stated this in two separate letters to the Senate and House of Representatives, which were dated October 14, 2024.