Ekweremadu however sought the indulgence of the Senate for more time to harmonize with the House of Representatives and present a unified report for ease of consideration
Browsing: Senate
In her debate, the former Minister said the passage of the bill into law will lay to rest the controversy that normally characterizes constituency projects in Nigeria
The Bill establishes the process for breaking the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation into two commercial entities, which will be limited by shares
President Muhammadu Buhari is to present the 2017 Budget to the National Assembly on December 14, 2016. The date was…
The legislations scheduled for public hearing on December 5 include the National Development Bank of Nigeria Bill, which is intended to provide short, medium and long term financing to participating financial institutions for loans to small scale, medium and industrial enterprises in agro allied businesses, manufacturing and mining; and the National Road Fund Act to fund the rehabilitation and maintenance of the national road system
Sanusi stated this in Abuja at a policy dialogue organized by the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development
It said in saner climes, the people are the centre of government’s policies and once they are negatively affected by any policy, the purpose of that very policy is defeated
Leading the debate on the motion, Senator Adeola noted that section 80, subsection 1-4 of the 1999 constitution (as amended) clearly stipulated that all revenue and monies raised or received shall be paid and form the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation
The decision followed a presentation by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Danjuma Goje, who explained that during the interaction with MDAs, the committee observed that there other areas of critical needs that must be included in the virement in order to stimulate the economy
SERAP’s request followed the disclosure by embattled Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin that Nigerian senators and House of Representatives members have pocketed N500 billion as “running cost” out of the N1 trillion provided for in the National Assembly budgets between 2006 and 2016 and by former President Olusegun Obasanjo
Benjamin said this at a news conference on Saturday
It will be recalled that the President in October asked the National Assembly to approve a virement of N180.83 billion from the N500 billion appropriated for Special Intervention Programme to finance other key projects
According to Bisi Kazeem, the Head of Media Relations and Strategy of the FRSC, Kaura said the Committee is disturbed by reports of patrol men being hit by reckless drivers while performing their legitimate duties on the highways, warning that such dastardly acts by the drivers are unacceptable to members of the National Assembly
The Senate had on Tuesday resolved to engage relevant stakeholders to avert the warning strike being planned by ASUU
Kaura, who led a team of senators, expressed satisfaction on the budget performance for 2016, particularly on the recurrent expenditure
He said: “We are aware that there has been regular attack by armed herdsmen, the latest being on the 15th and 16th October 2016 in Godogodo community in Jama’a Local Government Area
ASUU had on Monday announced plans to embark on a one-week warning strike over the inability of government to implement agreements reached with it since 2009
Top on the list of the nominees was a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Senator Olorunnibe Mamora
Fayose said there are forces out to prevent Onnoghen from becoming the substantive CJN
The workers, drawn from the Federal Ministries of Environment, Power, Works and Housing and the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, claimed they were illegally dismissed