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The Senate also called on the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar to, as a matter of urgency, redeploy the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mbu Joseph Mbu, from the state and mandated the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, to intervene and mediate in the Rivers state political crisis and see to its amiable resolution

According to him, 60 out of 95 voted for the removal of underage marriage from the constitution while 35 voted for it to be retained and by the rules 73 votes are required

While some of the senators have argued that the proposal was just for the purpose of defining who renounce the Nigerian citizenship, a lot see it from the angle of giving legality to marrying underaged girls

The lawmaker, however, told members of the Labour Party in the state that he failed to understand the issue and that his vote was a misrepresentation on his part

The letter, signed by the Forum’s National President, Ayodele Samuel, and General Secretary, Zacheaus Somorin, also requested for the statutory budgetary allocations and expenses of the federal legislative arm of government

A copy of the report of the Senate committee in my possession does not have any clause on marriage. The fact that there was no clause on marriage, puts a lie on the report that Senate passed an age-limit marriage

“I know then that we really frustrated the Senate on this issue, but now I have seen the light and I have seen the wisdom in allowing local governments to be autonomous,” Goje said

He said that the crisis had taken a destructive dimension, adding that the fracas was an indication that the current CP in Rivers State, Joseph Mbu, was no longer able to control the situation

The National Assembly Joint Committee on Education had called the aggrieved unions in the nation’s higher institutions for a dialogue on the way forward in their ongoing industrial action

Lawan said: “Six-year single term is an investment in disaster.
“The four-year two terms should be maintained as power to re-elect resides with the people

“Reciprocity implies that, for example, if the UK Government imposes this obnoxious policy on Nigerians, Nigeria also has the right to find a way to reply

The Pastor, Michael Gulu, in his writ, claimed he assisted Mwadkon to purchase a property at 38, Ahmadu Bello WAY Jos.

However, two key Principal Officers of the House, House Leader, Mulikat Adeola-Akande, and Minority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, opposed the Bill, saying the House already has powers to do that

First, the democratic structures left in place are of no use in a state under martial law; Secondly, the proclamation did not give a time frame, meaning that the emergency rule is open-ended and can last as long as the President wishes. After all, the emergency rule imposed on 15 local councils in four states was never lifted

He said that the CBN should always spell out in specific terms the kind of contract being carried out to avoid controversy

Emeka Ihedioha, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, who chairs the Constitution Review Committee, said the result was the outcome of the People’s Public Session held across the federal constituencies. According to Ihedioha, it was “the voice of the Nigerian people who have expressed their views on what changes they would like to see in any amendment being made to the national legal grundnorm – the Constitution of Nigeria

Comrade Ogun lamented that over a year after the PIB was presented to the National Assembly, not much has been done

To conclude, Ladies and gentlemen, the 2013 Budget gives priority to our concerns for security, infrastructure, food security and human development. It is a Budget for everyone! For expectant mothers, children and the elderly – there will be increased access to healthcare; for smallholder farmers – there will be greater support from the government for access to market and extension services; and for tax-payers – the government will drive transparency and accountability

Federal lawmakers and staff of the National Assembly are having hectic stress gaining access into the Complex when our reporter visited the Three Arms Zone in the Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday morning

The executive and legislature are at loggerheads over some aspects of the 2013 budget passed late last year