The organization said: “That millions of Nigerians are suffering due to fuel scarcity is a moral outrage. Preventing and ending the problem of fuel scarcity is not only a moral duty for this government but also a legal and human right obligation.”
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Dukku made this known at a session of coalition of Civil Society Organisations, Situation Room’s Fourth Stakeholders’ Forum on Elections, in Abuja.
Most of the Senators who spoke on the budget raised issues with the alleged lackadaisical attitude of heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government to budget defence sessions organised by the National Assembly.
He said that NGOs and civil society organisations were a stabilising force and platforms through which the citizens could freely express themselves to promote inclusiveness and participation in democratic processes.
But Saraki is undaunted. He has continued to move the Senate from one height to another. The eighth Senate under his leadership has broken many grounds when compared to other times in the National Assembly.
As such, it was very welcome news during the course of the year when both houses of the National Assembly passed the constitutional amendment bill colloquially referred to as the ‘Not Too Young to Run Bill’. The Not Too Young to Run bill reduces the age of eligibility for legislative and executive offices, as currently prescribed by the constitution. The bill still needs to be ratified by at least 24 State Houses of Assembly and assented to by the President to become law, but it is nonetheless an important step in widening the pool from which we select our leaders and representatives from, at least theoretically speaking.
The public hearing on the Bill is formally organised and widely advertised by the House Committee on Civil Society Organizations and Development Partners, under the chairmanship of Hon. Peter Akpatason, and it is slated for Wednesday and Thursday at the House of Representatives wing of the National Assembly.
Recently, two persons were said to have died at the National Assembly clinic owing to lack of basic drugs and equipment despite huge budgetary allocation every year.
He said the estimates as provided by the National Bureau of Statistics called for concerted effort by relevant stakeholders to tame the situation.
Arise, a member of the All Progressives Congress, was kidnapped on Sunday along the Okene-Lokoja Road
The kidnappers have since contacted his family
The senator made his position known on Sunday on Twitter, few hours after Abubakar announced he has formally joined the Peoples Democratic Party
President Muhammadu Buhari had written and obtained the approval of the Senate to access the loan
In the interview, Maina claimed that he met with Nigeria’s Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, after President Muhammadu Buhari approved talks between officials and him
During the debate on the budget proposal on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday, it was observed that senators criticized the budget proposal across party lines
Nwachukwu made this known at the retreat of Southern Senators’ Forum in Calabar, Cross River State on Saturday
The Chairman of the forum, Senator Hope Uzodinma, made the call in a communiqué he read at the end of a retreat of the organisation in Calabar, Cross River State on Saturday
The development was made known on Tuesday during the Senate plenary
This was contained in a memorandum it presented to the House of Representatives Committee on Anti-Corruption during a public hearing organised on a bill to amend the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.
He spoke in Lagos at a National Seminar on Promoting Transparency and Accountability in the Recovery of Stolen Assets in Nigeria: Proposals for Reform.