Tag: Senate Spokesperson

Senate Committee did not propose creation of 20 New States – Spokesperson

Emporium Reporters

The Nigeria Senate has denied a media report which stated that the Senate Committee of Review of 1999 Constitution has proposed the creation of additional 20 States. A statement signed by the Chairman, Senate Committee of Media and Public Affairs who doubled as Spokesperson for the Nigeria Senate, Senator Ajibola Basiru. described the report as a gross misrepresentation of the decision of the committee on the request for creation of more states. “Far from recommending creation of any state, the Senate Committee, while acknowledging receipts of several Bills proposing creation…

N’Assembly won’t back down on NDDC probe – Senate …dares Commission to provide corruption evidence against lawmakers to EFCC, ICPC

Emporium Reporters

Spokesman of the Senate, Senator Akinola Bashiru, has said that the National Assembly will under no circumstance back down on its probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This was just as the spokesman dared the Commission to provide evidence of alleged corruption claims against lawmakers of the Senate and House of Representatives to anti-graft agencies for investigation. Ajibola made the official position of the upper chamber known in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday. According to the lawmaker, no amount of blackmail against lawmakers or the institution…