Tag: Senate President Ahmad Lawan

Lawan refutes media report on alleged N-Power job slots

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The Senate President,Ahmad Lawan, has reacted to a publication on the Sahara Reporters portal purporting that the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management allocated N-Power recruitment slots to the Senate President and other lawmakers A statement signed by Ola Awoniyi,Special Adviser (Media) to President of the Senate urged members of the public to totally disregard the fake and malicious publication in its entirety. The statement further said : “It should be noted that the fairytale only blandly and obliquely claimed that some lawmakers printed out application forms from the…

Senate President felicitates with House Speaker Gbajabiamila @58

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has felicitated with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, on the auspicious occasion of his 58th birthday on 25th June, 2020. Lawan congratulated him on his exemplary representation of his constituency and passionate service to Nigeria as a whole at the National Assembly over the years. “Rt. Hon. Gbajabiamila has made robust contributions to building our Legislature to effectively play its role as a bulwark and foremost institution of democracy. “In the Ninth Assembly, he has been a dependable…

Senate President mourns Senator Osinowo

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has expressed shock and sadness over the news on Monday of the death of Senator Adebayo Osinowo. Lawan condoled with Senator Osinowo’s family, friends, political associates and also the government and people of Lagos State over the loss. Senator Osinowo who until his death represented Lagos East Senatorial first made his mark at the Lagos Civil Service and also at the Lagos State House Assembly where he served four terms before his election to the Senate. Lawan said Osinowo served his country creditably as…

Senate President tasks power sector C’ttee to review 2013 privatisation deal ….as Investigative Public Hearing on Power begins

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Monday charged the Senate Committee on Power to look at what has happened to the agreement signed in 2013 on the privatisation of power sector. Lawan gave the charge while declaring open an Investigative Public Hearing by the Senate Committee on Power. The public hearing was on “Power Sector Recovery Plan and the impact of COVID-19 Pandemic.” Lawan said the overall expectation of the Nigerian government and the citizens was that the power sector, after privatisation, would be far better but lamented that…

Senate on track to deliver on promises to Nigerians – Lawan

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan said on Thursday that the Ninth Senate which just clocked one year has remained on track to deliver the promises made to Nigerians. “Today, we can say that we have remained on track to delivering on our promises to the Nigerian people,” Lawan said while addressing his Distinguished colleagues at plenary on the one year anniversary. The Ninth National Assembly, comprising Senate and House of Representatives, was inaugurated on 11th June, 2019 for a tenure of four years. He said the Senate, working with…

Senate passes N10.8trn revised 2020 budget

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The Senate on a Thursday passed the sum N10.805 trillion as revised budget for the 2020 fiscal year. The passage followed consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Appropriations on the Appropriation Act (Amendment) Bill, 2020. Accordingly, out of the sum of N10,805,544,664,642 to be issued from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, N422,775,979,362 is for Statutory transfers; N2,951,710,000,000 is for Debt Service; N4,942,269,251,934 is for Recurrent (Non-Debt) Expenditure; and N2,488,789,433,344 is for contribution to the Development Fund for Capital Expenditure . President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, in his…

Nigeria’s diversity should be turned into our strength, Lawan tells Leaders

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has called on leaders in the country to take advantage of the country’s diversity to wield the required strength to foster unity, peace and development. Lawan gave this charge while reacting to a point of order brought to the floor on by Senator Emmanuel Bwacha (PDP – Taraba South) during plenary on Tuesday. Bwacha while relying on order 43 of the Senate Standing Rules, drew the attention of his colleagues to the recent killing of George Floyd by the Police in Minneapolis, United States…

The ‘Bow And Go’ Senate Of Ahmad Lawan By Fredrick Nwabufo

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I have watched the ministerial ‘’screening’’ with despondence. The facetious manner in which the exercise is conducted makes me wonder if the business of governance is really a serious one here. Besides, two or three ministerial nominees, who acquitted themselves creditably, most of them just simply walked across a line. Ahmad Lawan has been dutiful in his obligation of inking ‘’rubber stamp’’ on the senate. Though he had said the senate, which he leads, would not dissolve into the executive as an appendage; his actions have betrayed this gasconade. Soon…