The pledge was made when Solid Minerals Development Minister, Dele Alake, appeared before the Senate.
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The commendation was conveyed in a letter to the Executive Chairman of the Company, Chief Leemon Ikpea.
The revelation of the under remittance was contained in a 2017 Auditor General Report before the Senate.
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio said this at a one-day retreat in Abuja.
The Senate decision was sequel to the motion sponsored by the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro.
The lawmaker expressed dissatisfaction to the dissolution of elected councils in Benue State.
Committee Chairman, Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong (APC-Cross River South Senatorial District), said this.
He spoke at an interactive session with the management of the NDDC.
Ekpenyong said: “It seems as though the NDDC has a revenue issue; revenue issue in terms of the fact that IOCs and the Federal Government are not remitting what they ought to.
Tinubu made this known in a request letter read at the start of plenary on Tuesday by the President of Senate Godswill Akpabio.
The president elucidated in the letter that his request was part of the federal government’s 2022-2024 external borrowing plan approved by former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
This followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service at the Committee of the Whole on Tuesday.
Senator Moro replaced Senator Simon Nwadkwon representing Plateau North under the platform of the PDP, who was removed by the court on October 23.
During the interactive session, members regretted the absence of receipts to prove NAIC expenditures from revenue claims.
Bamidele made the disclosure at a virtual diaspora dialogue at the weekend.
He made the call on Thursday when the Ambassador of Ireland, Peter Ryan, and his team visited him in Abuja.
The committee assured the agency of its preparedness and commitment to partner and support it to succeed in its onerous task of ridding Nigeria of the drug menace.
The indictment was sequel to the report submitted by the Senate Ad hoc Committee on Abuse of Firearms by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service chaired by Senator Francis Fadahunsi.
They were Dr. Bumi Omoseyindem (Lagos), Dr. Anugbum Onuoha (Rivers) and Abubakar Dambo (Zamfara).
The supplementary budget of N2,176,791,286,033 is to address labour wage adjustments, security and other urgent issues.
As requested by Tinubu in the letter read in the Senate during plenary on Tuesday, the request was given expeditious consideration.
The request is contained in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio.
This follows the adoption of a motion by the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele at the Committee of the Whole.
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Malam Musa Aliyu as the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.