STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, HIS EXCELLENCY (DR.) ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI, CON, AT A WORLD PRESS CONFERENCE HELD AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2018. 1. It is a matter of record that yesterday, lawmakers and staff of the National Assembly were prevented from entering […]
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Full-text of National Assembly’s Joint Press Briefing by Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi and Hon. Abdulrazak Namdasin reply President Buhari’s Budget 2018 Speech accusing them of distorting the budget “We appreciate the fact that the 2018 Appropriations Law which was passed by the National Assembly on May 16th, 2018 was signed by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, June […]
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Read Buhari’s full statement below… “I would like to thank the leadership of the National Assembly, particularly the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as well as all the Distinguished Senators and Honourable Members, for passing the 2018 Appropriation Bill, after seven months. “When I submitted the 2018 Budget proposals to […]
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The National Assembly held a joint Executive session today Tuesday June 5, 2018 where lawmakers resolved as follows; 1. The Security Agencies must be given marching orders to curtail the sustained killings of Nigerians across the country and protect life and properties of Nigerians as this is the primary duty of any responsible Government. 2. The systematic […]
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The National Assembly on Tuesday, granted full financial and administrative autonomy to all the 774 local council authorities across Nigeria by amending section 124 of the nation’s constitution. The section provides a consequential provision for the making of the local councils, a full third tier government without undue interference from the state governments. The amendment was […]
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It is a sign of the times, and a tragedy that the most popular Senator in the Nigerian National Assembly at this moment is not the person who has moved the most impactful motion, not a lawmaker who has proposed a thought-provoking bill, and certainly not any Senator who has given any impressive speech debating […]
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There is no gain reminding us all that Delta State is one of the largest and richest oil producing states of the Niger Delta and Nigeria as a whole. However, what many outsiders do not know is that Delta State is still one of the poorest states in Nigeria judging by the general well-being of […]
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At a time Nigerians are groaning under the yoke of recession, members of the National Assembly (NASS) comprising the Senators and Members of House of Representatives have received a total sum of N6.78 billion as their official salaries and allowances in one year, investigation by Economic Confidential has revealed. The report obtained by Economic intelligence […]
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The House of Representatives has cautioned the federal government on its use of force in its attempt to stop the attacks on oil facilities by the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) in the region. It advocated the formulation of a sustainable plan to end militancy in the region, rather than the confrontational approach being adopted. The […]
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A new version of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, which removes the strategic Host Community Development Fund as proposed in the botched PIB is set to commence legislative deliberations in the next few days just as the Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI has said that the attempted removal of of host communities fund could be […]
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