Kuta said that the country had continued to benefit from the “toil and sweat” of the Nigerian workers who were making tremendous contributions to economic development
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The representative Borno Central Senatorial District in the Senate, Senator Zannah Ahmed, on Friday accused the military of complicity in Thursday’s attacks on part of troubled Borno State, where he claimed that 210 people were killed in four towns
President Goodluck Jonathan on December 19, 2013, through the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, presented a budget of N4.642 trillion to the National Assembly
This followed the second reading of the Bill for an Act to amend the Electoral Act to provide for the tenure of the Office of INEC Secretary and the use of electronic voting
The bill, titled: “Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Bill, 2014,” prescribes a fine of N1 million for corporate bodies and N100,000 or six months imprisonment or both for an individual who contravenes the law
The report was presented on Wednesday at plenary by the Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Umaru Dahiru, who explained the importance of the Bill
According to him, the NNPC is a book keeping nightmare and everyone is of the consensus view that something needs to be changed
Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja at the 2014 budget Defence before the Senate, Abubakar said the budget office earmarked N279 billion for personnel cost against N293 billion required to pay the police personnel
Prior to adjournment of plenary till March 11 to enable relevant committees work on the 2014 budget, the Senate directed various committees to hasten work on the Petroleum Industry Bill
Senator Gbenga Kaka (APC-Ogun), in his contribution, said that it was appalling that the agriculture sector, which was capable of employing a teeming number of youths, had very little allocation
Abaribe maintained that no correspondence bordering on defection had been forwarded to the Senate
The Chairman of the joint committee, Senator George Sekibo, gave the charge at the commencement of the screening of the service chiefs in Abuja on Monday
Ningi said that the ministry had not been able to justify the contract cost, which was increased from N197 billion to the current N349.8 billion
Ake observed that the hostile approach deployed by the Police in disrupting several rallies in parts of the state had enormous implication for the whole country
In a statement endorsed by the National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, and the National media Director,. Zainab Yusuf, HURIWA urged the Senate to save Nigeria from the spectacular global opprobrium that has characterized the recent appointment of the duo by turning down the confirmation of Haruna as a minister and also advising Mu’azu to quit his post
Nwagwu told newsmen in Port Harcourt that the committee was in Rivers State on a fact-finding assignment surrounding the incidence that led to the shooting of Abe on January 12, 2014
“As a result, there is no budget to be implemented in the country since we did not, within the life time of that budget, amend it to extend its life span beyond December 31, 2013
Following the variations in the two versions passed, both chambers set up a conference committee to harmonise the differences, which appeared essentially in five clauses of the bill
On the status of the 2014 budget, Abaribe said that the Conference Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives met on Tuesday to resolve the matter
Okonjo-Iweala said contrary to media reports, no money was missing from the N816 billion SURE-P funds generated between February 2012 and September 2013