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2024 Budget: Group Scores Appropriations Chairman, Abubakar Bichi High On Meticulous Consideration

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A Group, Transparency and Accountability Watch Initiative (TAWI), has scored the Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abubakar Bichi, high on the detailed consideration of the 2024 appriopration bill which was recently signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Politics

House ready to halt abuse of ART in the country

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 28 September 2023 0

By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives has taken steps to completely, halt unethical practices and abuses, associated with Assisted Reproductive Health Technology, (ART) in Nigeria. This followed adoption of a motion of urgent public importance, moved by Rep Babajimi Benson, (APC, Lagos) at resumption of plenary on Tuesday. Presenting the motion, the lawmaker said […]

Politics

HoR celebrates with Nigerian Muslims on Eid’Maulud

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By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives felicitates with all Nigerian muslims on the occasion of the year’s celebration of Eid-El Maulud. The House notes that the day commemorates the birth of Prophet Muhammad, (Peace Be Upon Him), whose life of compassion, sacrifice, and faithfulness remains a source of inspiration and a guiding light for […]

Politics

Reps ready to lift 16.5m out of poverty

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…to ensure enrollment of 14m out-of-school children By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives is working on a framework that will lift 16.5m people out of poverty and ensure that over 14 million out-of-school Nigerian children are back to schools in the northern part of the country. The framework, which is in form of an […]

Politics

Job Racketeering Probe: Rep says agencies use waiver to perpetrate fraud

Ihesiulo Grace 10 August 2023 0

..threatens to Invoke constitutional powers on AMCON, IPPIS others By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating employment racketeering by Ministries Departments and Agencies MDAs, Parastals and Tetiary Institutions and Mismanagement of Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, (IPPIS) said agencies use waiver to perpetrate fraud in

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Reps congratulates 10th House members nominated Ministers, screened

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2023 0

By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives has felicitates with members of the 10th National Assembly, nominated and screened by Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, following their nomination by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu. The House according to its deputy spokesman and vice chairman, Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Rep Philip Agbese in […]

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Reps panel invites security, intelligence chiefs, others in job racketeering probe

Ihesiulo Grace 2 August 2023 0

By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee probing employment racketeering and gross mismanagement of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, (IPPIS) by agencies of the Federal Government has summoned the Nigerian Army, Navy, Airforce, the Police and intelligence agencies, among others, to appear before it on Wednesday, (Today) 2nd August,

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House calls on FG to declare State of emergency on Benue road linking N/S states

Ihesiulo Grace 14 July 2023 0

By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing to declare State of emergency on Naka- Makurdi-Aliade-Gboko and Aliade-Otukpo Federal Road, Benue State, linking Northern and Southern parts of the country, immediately. The House also, called on the supervising Ministry to direct the Federal Road Maintenance Agency, (FERMA) […]

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HoR okays bill empowering RMAFC to monitor revenue disbursements, accruals

Ihesiulo Grace 1 June 2023 0

By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives has given concurrence to a bill for an act to repeal Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, (RMAFC) Act, 2004, enacting the Commission’s new law for use. This followed the consideration and adoption of report on the amendment bill, transmitted by the Senate to the House by the […]

Politics

10th House Speaker: Minority Members-elect move to produce candidate

Ihesiulo Grace 23 April 2023 0

..believe in collective numerical strength over APC By Tom Okpe Believing in it’s numerical superiority in the soon to be inaugurated 10th House of Representatives, the emergent minority caucus has resolved to gun for the Speakership position. This is following the outcome of last Saturday’s supplementary elections which saw the membership of the Minority

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House Speakership: Female Lawmaker indicates interest

Ihesiulo Grace 12 April 2023 0

… releases 7-point agenda By Tom Okpe As the race for the leader of the 10th House of Representatives hits up, a female member, Mariam Onuoha has indicated interest to contest position of the speaker. Onuoha, representing Mbano/Onuimo/Okigwe Federal Constituency of Imo State made the declaration at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday. The […]

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House okay designation of 10 parks with national status

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2023 0

By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives has approved Presidential Declaration Order, 2022 designating 10 Parks with the status of National Parks. These are: Allawa Game Reserve, Niger State; Apoi Forest Reserve, Bayelsa State;Edumenum Reserve, Bayelsa State; Falgore Game Reserve Kano State; Baturiya Wetland game Reserve, Jigawa State and Kampe Forest Reserve, Kwara State.

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Rep Betara wins re-election for 5th tenure

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2023 0

…polls 71, 427 votes By Tom Okpe, Abuja Chairman, House of Representatives Appropriation Committee, Aliyu Muktar Betara has won 5th term, reelection for the seat of Biu/Bayo, Kwaya/Kusar and Shani Federal Constituency of Borno State. Betara, candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) polled a total of 71,427 votes to defeat his closest rival […]

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HoR to probe loss of $2.4bn illegal sale of 48m barrels crude

Ihesiulo Grace 21 December 2022 0

.Again, summons Emefiele over cash withdrawal limit By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives has resolved to constitute and ad-hoc committee to investigate alleged loss of over $2.4 billion revenue from illegal sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil exported in 2015 and external sale of commodity exports from 2014 till date. The committee […]

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Lawmakers appraise 9th Assembly, acclaim Journalists as watchdog

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2022 0

.As HPC honours Lawmakers, Committee Clerks By Tom Okpe Members of the House of Representatives, on Monday, appraised leadership and members of the 9th House for the unique way in which they conducted its affairs and successes recorded so far. The lawmakers who are chairmen of various key committees of the House were unanimous in […]

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House C’ttee summons security agencies’ over non patronage of arms from DICON

Ihesiulo Grace 5 November 2022 0

By Tom Okpe House of Representatives committee on Defence has summoned Heads, Security Agencies in the country to explain why they refused to patronize the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria, (DICON) of buying its arms and ammunition for necessary usage. The summon was issued on Thursday, at the National Assembly, Abuja following adoption of a […]

Headlines

Audit Query: Reps c’ttee orders reconciliatory meeting between NPA, debtors

Ihesiulo Grace 17 August 2022 0

By Tom Okpe Public Account Committee of the House of Representatives on Tuesday ordered Management of the Nigeria Ports Authority to hold an immediate reconciliation meeting with Terminal Operators in the nation’s ports with a view to determining the actual indebtedness by the companies to the Federal Government as contained in various Audit queries from […]

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Petroleum products: House queries oil coy over improper account

Ihesiulo Grace 11 August 2022 0

By Tom Okpe Ad-Hoc Committee of the House of Representatives investigating oil subsidy payments between 2013 and 2022 has queried Hyde Energy, an oil company that appeared before it over failure to account for petroleum products. The committee said the oil company and others were shortchanging Nigeria by failing to give account of what becomes […]

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Why extension of ongoing voters’ registration exercise is necessary-HoR

Ihesiulo Grace 23 June 2022 0

By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives has explained why extension of the ongoing voters’ registration in the country is necessary. The House had requested for extensions from the Independent National Commission, (INEC) in a motion moved by Benjamin Kalu, (APC, Abia) spokesperson of the House at plenary on Tuesday for 60 days, DailyTimes gathered. […]

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House steps down motion to override Buhari on statutory delegates

Ihesiulo Grace 22 June 2022 0

By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives has stepped down a motion on need to invoke section 58 (5) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to pass the amendment to the Electoral Act, 2022, providing for statutory delegates’ participation in nomination of candidates for elections. This followed the intervention of Ahmed […]