Browsing: Yakubu Dogara

This was sequel to a resolution passed after a debate on a motion sponsored by the House’s Minority Leader, Leo Ogor, who described the council’s action as unconstitutional

The posters were seen pasted in strategic locations in Auchi and other major communities in Etsako East, Central and West Local Government Areas

Jibrin made the allegation in a statement

Abubakar recalled that Dogara impressed him greatly by the way he handled the leadership crisis in the House when it was inaugurated by dousing tension and restoring sanity

The President stated this on Sunday in Abuja in a statement to mark the Speaker’s 50th birthday anniversary

In a statement by his Media Office, the speaker denied a statement credited to Senator Peter Nwabaoshi from Delta State that Ibori supported his candidacy for the speaker’s seat

Enang, who made this known while briefing newsmen in Abuja, said the achievement was worthy of note

Addressing journalists in Enugu after its emergency executive committee meeting in Abuja, its President, Dr. John Onyebueze, said the government should also implement the July 14 agreement reached by stakeholders at a meeting called by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara

The Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, gave the applause in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan, in Abuja on Monday

Dogara gave the advice while delivering a vote of thanks after President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2017 Appropriation Bill of N7.3 trillion to the Joint Session of the National Assembly

Represented by the Chief Whip of the House, Alhassan Doguwa, Dogara called on the committee to examine the existing laws and practices in the country’s downstream oil sector with a view to covering all the loopholes

The public hearing is on the need to halt the plan to raise a Federal Government- Secured Bond of N309 billion to finance the shortfall in the Nigerian electricity market

Dogara said: “I also call on the President-elect Nana Akufor-Addo to rally all Ghanians around the new government as elections are over

In a letter addressed to Senator Abe, Dogara said as a loyal party man, he will never work against the interest of his party, the All Progressives Congress

A statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan, said the speaker made the remark on Friday at a roundtable conference on Civil Societies and Development Partners

Speaking when he declared open a public hearing organised by the House committee on Commerce on a Bill to make credit facilities more accessible to small and medium enterprises in Nigeria, Dogara noted that the hearing would have to determine the possibility of conflict existing if the CBN Regulations and the current Bill, if passed, are allowed to exist side by side

In a statement issued on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan, Dogara maintained that the victory of the All Progressives Congress in the election is a proof that the party is still loved by Nigerians

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

The activities of the Directorate of State Security Service of late have raised concerns in the Nigerian polity as to the propriety of the conduct of officials of the service and whether their actions are consistent with the law setting it up

In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan , the Speaker showered encomiums on the former vice president, describing him as a democrat, patriot and elder statesman