The APC, in a letter to the Speaker of the Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Marafa, dated December 12, 2017 and signed by the state APC Chairman, Mohammed Imam, and read at plenary, had removed Hon. Isa Dandodo Ibrahim as the Majority Leader of the House and replaced him with Hon. Nura Garba, representing Kontagora II Constituency.
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The outage of light in the city for about four days resorted to a peaceful protest by youths and had irked the lawmakers at plenary, resulting in the summon of the Regional Manager for direct questions and answers
Th budget, which is tagged: “The Peoples’ Budget,” according to the governor, will be based on community participation, inclusiveness and responsiveness to the yearning and aspirations of the people.
The House passed the resolution after it deliberated on the interim report of an oversight visit to the 25 Local Governments by the committee on Local Government Matters
Waziri told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Minna that with the resolution of the leadership crisis that rocked the PDP, many of those who defected would return to the party.
The lawmakers, while commending the Commissioner, Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism, Jonathan Vatsa, for utilising the meagre funds allotted the Ministry, lamented that paucity of funds has hampered activities since the inception of this present administration
This was part of the resolutions adopted on Friday at the plenary of the legislature under Matters of Urgent Public Importance sponsored by the Speaker of the House, Alhaji Marafa Guni, and seconded by the member representing Borgu constituency, Alhaji Abba Mohammed
The budget, tagged: “Budget of Consolidation,” is N22.9 billion or 21.27 per cent more than the 2016 Budget
Kassim and his deputy, Alhaji Shuaibu Maje, were suspended by the Suleja Legislative Council for three months over alleged misappropriation and high handedness
The new leadership and members, led by the Speaker, Hon. Isah Kawu, were barred from gaining entrance into the Assembly Complex by the Police who put the gate under lock and chains
Among those impeached were the Speaker, Barrister Adamu Usman; and his deputy, Hon. Abdulrahaman Bala Gambo from Borgu
The members, who are 21 in number, out of the 27-member Assembly, already formed over the two-third majority required to carry out the impeachment process
The International Federation of Women Lawyers, (FIDA) has called on the Federal Government especially the Legislature to promulgate law that will provide for the of rapists as minimum punishment.