{"id":18760,"date":"2018-05-19T21:23:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-19T21:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18760"},"modified":"2018-05-19T21:23:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-19T21:23:18","slug":"list-of-sleeping-161-representatives-without-a-single-bill-since-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18760","title":{"rendered":"LIST OF SLEEPING 161 REPRESENTATIVES WITHOUT A SINGLE BILL SINCE ELECTED"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After pocketing N32bn, 161 Reps yet to sponsor bill.<\/div>\n
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At least 161 members of the House of Representatives are yet to sponsor a bill more than two years after assuming office, Daily Trust findings have shown.<\/div>\n
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Of the 360 members in the House, only 199 have sponsored at least a bill since their inauguration on June 9, 2015.<\/div>\n
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They have spent 26 months out of their 4-year tenure, with only 22 months left. Within the period, the 161 lawmakers pocketed at least N32 billion in allowances and salaries, investigation by this newspaper has revealed.<\/div>\n
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Each lawmaker gets N7.6 million as running\/overhead cost and additional N660, 000 as salary monthly, which amounts to N8.26m monthly.<\/div>\n
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In the 26 months they spent so far, each lawmaker has pocketed about N214.7m each, totalling N34.576bn.<\/div>\n
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There are 1066 before the House, with 53 of them coming from the Executive arm, and 23 forwarded from the Senate.<\/div>\n
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*Members without bills*<\/div>\n
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Official records of lawmakers without bills obtained by Daily Trust showed that the North West has the highest where 60 of its 91 members have not turned in any bill.<\/div>\n
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Of the 72 members from the South West, 32 have no bills to their names.<\/div>\n
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The North East has 48 members, 25 members of whom have no bills, while out of the 55 lawmakers from the South South, 19 failed to sponsor a bill.<\/div>\n
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Similarly, the North Central, with a total of 49 members, 16 members fail to sponsor a bill, while only 8 members out of 43 from the South East do not have a bill in their name.<\/div>\n
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Only one member out of the two from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sponsored bills.<\/div>\n
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The breakdown showed that Chief Whip, Alhassan Ado Doguwa from Kano State, who is the leader of the North West Caucus in the House, has no bill in his name.<\/div>\n
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Others from Kano are Ibrahim Sani Umar, Abdullahi Mohammed Gaya, Garba Umar Durbunde, Nasiru Baballe Ila, Suleiman Aliyu Romo, Sani Mohammed Rano, Munir Babba Dan-Agundi, Nasiru Ali Ahmed, Shehu Usman Aliyu, Musa Ado Tsamiya, Mustapha Bala Dawaki and Badamasi Ayuba. Only 11 members out of 24 have bills from the state.<\/div>\n
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In Katsina State, there are 12 members without bill. They are Saidu Sani Fago, Kabir Shuaibu, Danlami Kurfi, Ahmed Dayyabu Safana, Murtala Isa, Ibrahim Murtala, Amiru Tukur, Muntari Dandutse, Suleiman Salisu, Babangida Ibrahim and Mansir Ali Mashi.<\/div>\n
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Jigawa is next where nine members out of 11 have no bill. They are Adamu Mohammed, Magaji Aliyu Da\u2019u, Abubakar Hassan Fulata, Yuguda Hassan Kila, Rabiu Garba Kaugama, Usman Ibrahim Auyo, Mohammed Gudaji Kazaure, Mohammed Gausu Boyi and Ibrahim Abdullahi Dutse.<\/div>\n
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In Kaduna State with 16 members, seven lawmakers namely: Lawal Mohammed Rabiu,\u00a0Sunday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Marshall Katung, Yakubu Umar Barde, Simon Arabo, Muhammad Musa Soba, Mohammed Abubakar and Yusuf Bala Ikara have no bills.<\/div>\n
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The lawmakers without a bill from Sokoto State are Hassan Bala Abubakar, Aminu Sani Isa, Kabiru Marafa Achida, Bashir Isa Salihu, Mohammed Sa\u2019adu and Shehu Aliyu. There are 11 members from the state.<\/div>\n
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There are six lawmakers from Kebbi State out of 8 without bill. They are Aliyu Danladi, Bello Dantani, Suleiman Hussaini Kangiwa, Abdullahi Hassan Suru, Salisu Garba Koko and Mohammed Dantani.<\/div>\n
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Only one member from\u00a0 Zamfara State has sponsored a bill.The six without bills are Lawali Hassan Anka, Abdulmalik Bungudu, Aminu Sani Jaji, Yahaya Chado, Ibrahim Isah and Lawal Mu\u2019azu.<\/div>\n
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In the South West, Lagos has the highest members without bill, 10 of them out of 24. They are Joseph Adebayo, Diya Babafemi, Olufemi Adebanjo, Taofeek Abiodun, Abiola Olatunji, Bolaji Ayinla, Raji Olawale, Tajudeen Obasa, Abayomi Danda Kako and Nurudeen Akinwumi, a new comer who replaced late Adewale Elijah who had a bill before his demise.<\/div>\n
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In Ondo State, six members have no bill out of nine. They are Afe Oluwookere, Babatunde Kolawole, Olemija\u00a0Friday<\/span><\/span>, Akinfolarin Samuel, Akinlaja Joseph, Baderinwa Bamidele.<\/div>\n
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