The Senator representing Taraba Central Senatorial District Senator Haruna Manu has advised Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON nominees to discharge their duties with the interest of Nigeria as their watchword. Senator Manu gave this advice during the screening of President Bola Tinubu’s nominees by members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions on Monday. He said:” I strongly encourage the nominees of AMCON to discharge their duties diligently and with a strong sense of responsibility towards the interest of Nigeria.” “It is crucial for them…
Category: Legislative
Give Nigeria actual population figure for proper economic planning – Deputy Speaker Kalu tasks NPC
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has charged the newly inaugurated commissioners on the Board of the National Population Commission (NPC) to ensure that the next census will give the actual statistics of Nigeria’s population. He said that knowing the figure was essential to economic planning and the spread of infrastructure across the country. The Deputy Speaker said that it was not right to continue to hazard a guess about the country’s population each time the issue arises, stressed that it was…
Expect reforms with ongoing 1999 Constitution review Speaker Abbas assures EU
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen has told the European Union of his readiness to champion reforms in Nigeria through the National Assembly, including electoral reforms, empowerment of women and more inclusion for them in politics and governance. Speaker Abbas noted that part of the reforms is having a roadmap for timely passage of the ongoing amendments to the 1999 Constitution. The Speaker made this known while receiving the 19 EU countries’ ambassadors to Nigeria at his office in Abuja on Thursday. The delegation was…
Speaker Abbas meets Constituents, Stakeholders in Zaria …assures of resolve to attract more devt projects
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen over the weekend, interacted with his constituents, key political leaders and stakeholders in Zaria Federal Constituency. The interaction was part of the Speaker’s resolve to have a first-hand engagement and hear the plights of his constituents directly with a view to finding ways and means of resolving them. The Speaker earlier had Iftar at his family residence with family and friends, after which he had an interaction with them. Speaker Abbas had a similar engagement with his constituents on…
Budget Padding: It’s right of N’Assembly to make new insertions – Bagudu
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Atiku Bagudu, has stated that the National Assembly did not violate any laws with the new insertions in the 2024 budget. Bagudu stated this during a press conference in Abuja, saying,” since 1999, it has been customary for the National Assembly to include new line items in the Appropriation Bill bill to fund specific projects in their constituencies. He added that this practice often results in an increase in the approved budget from what was initially presented by the president. Recall that…
NASC tasks newly elected NASSLAF Exco on Quality Leadership
The Executive Chairman, National Assembly Service Commission (NASC), Engr. Ahmed Amshi Kadi, has tasked the newly elected Exco of the National Assembly Legislative Aides Forum (NASSLAF) on quality leadership delivery Engr. Kadi gave this charge at the inauguration of the NASSLAF 10th National Assembly Exco and Central Working Committee CWC on Friday in Abuja. The NASC Chairman, represented by Rt. Hon. Amaechi Nwoha, National Commissioner, South-East Zone, said the newly elected executive must be aware that they are coming into office at a time when leadership sacrifices and capabilities…
Northern Senators’ Forum elects Yar’Adua as Chairman
The Chairman Senate Committee on Army, Senator Abdulaziz Yar’Adua on Thursday emerged as the new chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum. The emergence of Yar’Adua, followed the resignation of the former chairman of the forum, Senator Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central, PDP). Recall, Ningi was suspended on Tuesday by the Nigerian Senate, sequel to an interview he granted the BBC Hausa Service over alleged padding of the 2024 budget. Rising from a meeting on Thursday, the forum elected the Katsina central senatorial district lawmaker to pilot affairs of…
Akpabio urges NBA to partner N’Assembly on Constitution review processes
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has called on the Nigerian Bar Association to collaborate with the National Assembly in the ongoing constitution review processes. Senator Akpabio made the call when he received the leadership of the association on a courtesy call in his office in Abuja. Akpabio said he was delighted by the visit and noted that the National Assembly can benefit greatly from the inputs of the lawyers. “We have robust plans to tinker with some of the laws that we met on ground particularly those that…
Abduction: Speaker Abbas leads Reps delegation to Kaduna … Says House ready to partner State Govt to end insecurity
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, on Wednesday, led a high-powered delegation of the House to Kaduna to commiserate with the government and the people of the state following the abduction of school children in Kuriga community on Thursday, March 7. Recall that bandits in their large numbers invaded Kuriga and abducted over 280 school children, who were at school for learning, on the morning of the said date. Concerned by the unfortunate development, Speaker Abbas, who represents Zaria Federal Constituency of Kaduna…
Southern Senators’ Forum announces Abiru as Chairman ….. Vows to work with Northern Senators’ Forum on nation building
Exactly Nine months after inauguration of the 10th Senate, the 51 Senators from the 17 Southern States, today met to revive their forum and elected Six Executive members to pilot the affairs of the forum. The Forum announced All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Adetokunbo Abiru, representing Lagos East District.as Chairman The Senators, who met at the Conference Room of the Senate Leader, Michael Opeyemi Bamidele ( APC Ekiti Central) said the Forum, like the Northern Senators’ Forum, has been in existence since the 9th Senate and not a newly formed…