Tag: Senate C’ttee

Senate c’ttee push for better funding for NiDCOM

Emporium Reporters

The Chairman Senate committee on Diaspora, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Sen. Michael Nnachi has called for a reform of the Act governing the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission to making it a revenue generating agency.   Sen. Nnachi stated this at an oversight visit by the Senate Committee to the Commission in Abuja.   The lawmakers remarked that studying NiDCOM’s activities, one area that is critically needed is funding to help it respond swiftly to the plethora complaints and crises brought to it by Nigerian nationals abroad.…

Senate President asks C’ttee to wade into crisis rocking Judiciary over corruption allegation

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has mandated the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to, as a matter of urgency, wade into the crisis presently rocking the Judiciary.   Lawan gave the directive on Wednesday, moments before the chamber adjourned plenary.   He said, “We may recall that there were some issues coming out of the Judiciary.   “We must have interest in what is happening in that arm of government.   “I believe that we owe it to Nigerians, to look into what is happening in…