..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 caucus […]
… 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 […]
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. Others […]
…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 […]
.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 […]
.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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
*Mandates c’ttees to take inventory of NNPC, legitimate transition process Tom Okpe, Abuja The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to take urgent steps to recover all outstanding debts owed by Oil and Gas Companies. The call emanated from a motion raised by Hon Ahmed Munir during plenary on Wednesday. Raising the […]
The House of Representatives have passed a bill for a harmonised retirement age for teachers in the country. The executive bill was passed on Tuesday at the resumption of plenary in the lower chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Sponsored by the House Leader, Alhassan Doguwa, and his colleague Adekoya Abdul-Majid, […]
*calls for increase funding in it’s 2022 Budget Tom Okpe, Abuja The House of Representatives has condemned contractors’ handling Nigeria Navy projects across the country for not completing jobs at appropriate period as agreed. The House also commended the force in charge of save guarding the water ways integrity of the country in it’s 2020/2021 […]
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the House of Representatives staged a walkout in protest of Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila’s refusal to accept their petition about the Federal Government’s Twitter ban. Gbajabiamila had already requested that relevant House committees investigate the situation within 10 days. Much later, Kingsley Chinda, the PDP caucus leader, raised a […]
By Tunde Opalana, Tom Okpe, Abuja As the Senate last Friday in Abuja concluded public hearings on the proposed amendment to the 1999 Constitution and the House of Representatives rounds off its own exercise, this week, at least a sum of N5 billion may have been sunk into five different attempts at altering the document. […]
By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives has started probe into allegations of abuses in bidding for contract and operating processes by Exxon Mobil against Nigerian-owned catering companies and citizens. The probe, carried out by House Committee on Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring led by Legor Idagbo at its maiden investigative sitting on Tuesday, said […]
Tom Okpe, Abuja The House of Representatives has mandated its House Committee on Petroleum Resources Downstream to carry out an investigative hearing and conduct a comprehensive audit of funds previously spent on the Rehabilitation/Repairs and Maintenance of the Port-Harcourt Refinery and others, in the country. The order was issued on Wednesday plenary where order 8, […]
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has asked the department of state services and the Nigerian police to investigate the attacks on governor Samuel Ortom of Benue and the claims of responsibility and threat allegedly attributed to the Fulani national movement. The lawmakers called on Nigerians to be law-abiding and keep faith in the indivisibility, unity, and […]
Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on National Planning and Economic Development, Abdul Ganiyu Olododo, has stated that the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed Nigeria’s unpreparedness to manage and survive in critical situations in the face of an ever-increasing population, despite oil revenue of over $80 trillion in the last 40 years. Olododo stated this at a […]