Tag: 9th National Assembly

Ahmad Lawan: The Doyen of Nigerian Parliament @64 By Ola Awoniyi

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Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, the Distinguished Senator representing Yobe North Senatorial District of Yobe State, turns 64 on 12th January, 2023. Within those almost six and a half decades, he has seen it all, especially in public service. In just about five months from now, he will conclude his tenure as the 14th President of the Nigerian Senate and sixth consecutive session in the National Assembly.   Lawan has been around for so long in Abuja that it is easy to assume he was never elsewhere. Yet, his earliest work experience…

NASS: Senator Orji Kalu rate best lawmaker amongst Abia lawmakers with 25 Bills

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By Michael Agbaji     Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has been rated the best lawmaker from Abia State with twenty five legislative bills standing in his name.   Senator Orji Uzor Kalu a first time Senator from Abia State who made his pioneer entry to the Senate in 2019 and he has sponsors 25 bills the highest in recent time amongst other Senators from the South Eastern state.   This reports was verified on Tuesday by OrderPaper.ng Nigeria’s parliamentary multimedia platform, Kalu a new comer Senator has…

Between Ahmad Lawan And the President Of The Senate: Moment of Truth By Mon-Charles Egbo

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“There comes a midnight hour when everyone has to throw away his mask”…..Soren Kierkegaard.   In an attempt to fairly interrogate the above quote, one needs to find out first, what happens when the mask is discarded and why it has to be at midnight hour. Figuratively, the midnight hour represents a transition time or the end of an era and equally the beginning of another. It is that crucial moment of quiet introspection when one is driven by firm convictions towards unusual decisions and actions. And similarly, because a…

The Ninth Assembly And Lawan’s Unbroken Pact With Nigerians By Dr. Ezrel Tabiowo

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As one of Nigeria’s longest serving legislators, Senator Ahmad Lawan, can be regarded as one of the most experienced lawmakers when it comes to the workings and trappings of lawmaking. The knowledge amassed from his time in the House of Representatives to the Senate afforded him the edge in coming through with a clearly defined action plan, which, was the heart of his campaign when he contested the Senate Presidency for a second time in 2019. His legislative agenda, tagged, “A National Assembly That Works For Nigeria”, was a pact…

NASC gets Industrial Court Order to stop Parliamentary Staff strike Action.

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The National Assembly Service Commission NASC has approached the industrial court, Abuja division stopping the proposed strike by Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria PASAN from proceeding on strike as scheduled on Thursday, October 19, 2022.   In an enrollment order granted on the October 18 ‘Motion Exparte’ by industrial court and jointly signed by the presiding judge, I.S. Galadima and Registrar, Diana Agbenu Eko Esq, the commission prayed for the following orders and subsequently the judge adjourned the case to October 25, 2022.-   “An interim injunction restraining both parties,…

Parliamentary Staff set to embark on another fresh strike action.

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The Parliamentary Staff Association PASAN, National Assembly Service Commission NASC, and the National Assembly had concluded arrangements to delay the 2023 budget defence and passage from the usual January – December circle over threat of strike action, and it’s endless demands for allowances. This was coming according to sources after the National Assembly Service Commission NASC had obliged to the demands for payment of leave allowances , hazard allowances, arrears of minimum wage and peculiar allowances after they embarked on strike in June, 2022, as part of the conditions that…

Reading Through Buhari’s Last National Budget By Adefolarin A Olamilekan

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Budget is an important document that modern state use as instrument to guard their economic direction. Budget is also a financial description that details the total spending expeditures and projection income revenues.   Interestingly, budget can be view from either as capital budget and recurrent budget.This two view of budget is what economist acknowledge as the driver of economic growth as well as facilitating development.   Chiefly also, budget is regarded as the instrument that strenghtens Fiscal policies of the government. And at same an hindsight to Monetary measures and…

Buhari to presents 2023 budget to NASS Oct. 7

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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday, October 7, 2022 at 10: 00 am present the 2023 budget proposals to the joint session of the National Assembly.   President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan made this known at the conmencment of Tuesday’s plenay, when he read a letter sent by the President.   Lawan said the event would hold at the temporary chamber of the House of Representatives against the background of the ongoing renovation of the permanent chambers of the National Assembly.   He said arrangements had been concluded for…

Ahmad Lawan and matters arising

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I have in the past stumbled across several publications in the media that questioned the leadership approach of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, over his collaboration with the Executive arm of government, but none has attracted my attention as the distasteful publication in the Sunday, August 14, 2022, edition of the Guardian Newspaper, in particular. The piece, written by the Deputy Politics Editor, Leo Sobechi, maintained that Lawan’s style is hinged on “legislative patronage and misplaced loyalty” to the Buhari administration and “synonymous with failure”. How ridiculous can one get!…

Was Lawan a stranger to Nigerians before his emergence as Senate President? By Ola Awoniyi

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I might have titled this piece: “Re: Once again, most legislators will not return to National Assembly,” because it was prompted by an article under that title written by the highly respected academic, rights activist and columnist, Prof. Jibrin Ibrahim, and published by some media outfits on Friday, 17th June, 2022. However, I decided otherwise because Prof.Ibrahim’s commentary, as usual, made many points that I consider valid and thus have no issue with.   But an aspect of the article is capable of leaving the reader with a wrong impression,…