This is coming a day after the House of Representatives mandated INEC to conclude the elections
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According to the statement, the Chairman of the Senate Committee in company of about 30 people comprising senators, officers of Nigerian Customs Service, newsmen and police officers descended on the VON premises on October 28, 2016 without prior notification
Buhari had last week written to the National Assembly proposing to borrow the money
Other motions to be considered according to the Notice Paper are the need to Decongest Nigerian Prisons, need to give Kogi and Anambra States recognition as oil producing states, provision of medical attention for critical condition victims and the need to determine the status of N90 billion dividends in securities for Nigeria investors
According to him, the committee while on oversight visit to the plant in Lagos discovered a large number of vehicles in the company’s warehouses supposedly assembled and shipped into Nigeria
The bill was first debated on the floor of the Senate on May 24
However, addressing journalists to mark the World Polio Day, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Primary Health and other Communicable disease, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, said the committee will soon begin investigation into the alleged mismanagement of over $420 million global fund donations to Nigeria for the fight of polio and related diseases
This was revealed at the Senate plenary on Thursday
President Muhammadu Buhari had last week forwarded the names of the judges to the Senate for consideration and confirmation
They are to appear before the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions next week
The Senate called on the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing and the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission to immediately halt the raising of the bonds by Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, made this known during plenary
The decision of the Senate was sequel to a matter of urgent national importance brought under Orders 42 and 52 of the Senate’s Rules Book by Senator Joshua Lidani
Investigation by our correspondent revealed that unless members of the Committee have a rethink, the Ambassadorial Nominees may not be confirmed this year.
This followed the debate on a bill for an act to make provision for Federal grant to Lagos State in recognition of its strategic socio-economic significance and other connected purposes
The Adhoc Committee, chaired by Senator Shehu Sani from Kaduna State, is also to hold a public hearing to unravel the funds already committed to ameliorating the plight of the IDPs and how the fund is being expended by the agencies of government saddled with the responsibility
This was based on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework read on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday
This was one of the resolutions of the Red Chamber sequel to the consideration of the motion on how to tackle the country’s economic crisis
The Governors made their position known during the National Economic Council meeting in Abuja on Thursday
The resolution followed a motion moved by Senator Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi), who relied on a point of order to make the allegations