By Tom Okpe The tripartite Committees of the House of Representatives, investigating implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility, by multinational oil companies and other corporate bodies in the South-South, has threatened to issue warrant of arrest on any organisation that failed to honour its invitation. Chairman of the committees, Rep (Prof) Obiageli Lilian Orogbu frowned at […]
By Tom Okpe Chairman, House of Representatives’ Committee on ICT, Rep Stanley Olajide has reiterated the 10th Assembly’s resolve towards the passage of bills on State Policing as part of ongoing efforts aimed at tackling, ravaging insecurity across the country. The House member, representing Ibadan North West/South West of Oyo State federal constituency, gave this […]
The House of Representatives is considering a bill to punish employers who fail to pay their workers’ salaries on time. The proposed bill, titled the Employees Remuneration Protection Bill, has been introduced to address the issue of delayed or unpaid wages across the country. It is sponsored by a member representing the Agege federal constituency […]
By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives Committee on Urban Development and Regional Planning, has reiterated need to build national consensus on implementation of integrated and sustainable Urban Development and Physical Planning across the States, as part of National agenda on its development. Chairman of the Committee, Awaji Inombek D Abiante, stated this at the […]
By Tom Okpe Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep Tajudeen Abbas has made a N45m cash donation to the last week Military drone victims in Tudun Biri, Kaduna State, last week. The Speaker made the donation through members, ‘Northern Regional House Caucus,’ on Monday, 11 December 2023. A Nigeria Army drone strike, accidentally killed […]
By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives has passed through second reading, a Bill, to provide for the establishment of the ‘Landscape Architects Registration Council of Nigeria,’ charged with the registration and regulation of landscape architects profession. The proposed legislation sponsored by the Deputy Speaker Reps Benjamin Okezie Kalu, Kama Nkemkanma and 7 others at […]
By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Public Accounts, to investigate revenue leakages through the remit platform. The Green Chamber also expressed displeasure over the non-compliance by revenue generating agencies of government on standard operating procedures and other allied service level agreements, signed among deposit money banks, office of the […]
By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has placed the National Lottery Trust Fund on investigations for spending 100 percent of its internally generated revenue, (IGR). This means the Committee will appoint an external auditor to audit the accounts of the Fund and reports would be made available to the House for […]
..it’s unacceptable to have representation on matter of such magnitude – House Spokesman By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives has postponed the proposes Sectoral Debate on the Security Sector as members unanimously, rejected representations of the nation’s service chiefs. The ‘Sectoral Debates’ are designed to be a series of engagements with key officials of […]
By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has queried irregularities in the registration of subsidiary companies under the Nigerian Postal Service, (NIPOST). Committee Chairman, James Abiodun Faleke, (APC, Lagos) issued the query when the Ministry of Finance Incorporated, (MOFI) with other agencies, appeared before the committee for an interactive session on the […]
By Tom Okpe Okpe The House of Representatives has moved to secure justice for late Chalya Grace Silas, a National Youth Corp member, murdered in Kaduna State. Moving the motion at plenary on Tuesday, Rep Beni Lar, (PDP) representing Langtang North/South Federal Constituency of Plateau State, noted that on October 18, 2023, Silas, a NYSC […]
By Tom Okpe Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Federal Character, Rep Idris Wase, has promised to work towards ensuring that the composition of the government agencies will continue to reflect federal character, to promote national unity. Wase, immediate past Deputy Speaker of the House, who gave the assurance at the inaugural meeting […]
… Congratulates speaker, Oladiji on emergence as speakers’ chief By Stephen Gbadamosi The Ondo State House of Assembly has, again, decried the deplorable state of federal roads in the state. This is just as the lawmakers congratulated the speaker, Right Honourable Oladiji Olamide Adesanmi, on his election as vice chairman (South) of the Nigeria Conference […]
By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives Ad’hoc committee, investigating non-remittance to the National Housing Fund, (NHF) and utilisation of the funds from 2011 has summoned Chief Executive Officers, (CEOs) of insurance companies in the country. They are to explain reasons, for over N267 billion unremitted workers investment in the National Housing Fund, (NHF) only […]
By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee probing employment racketeering in Federal Government agencies says it’s scrutinizing bank accounts of the 36 Commissioners of the Federal Character Commission, (FCC) in respect to selling slots for employment. The Committee Chairman, Rep Yusuf Gagdi, made this revelation as the panel resumed investigative hearing on […]
By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives Ad’hoc Committee interfacing with security agencies to reduce banditry, assassination, kidnaping and other criminalities in Abia State has observed that insecurity is threatening foundation of the region’s existence. Rep Obi Agocha, Chairman of the committee said this in Abuja on Thursday, during the Committee’s sitting. He said the […]
By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives has summoned Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, to appear before it next week Tuesday for questioning over petroleum products subsidy payments in the last nine years. The House ad-hoc committee investigating oil subsidy payments between 2013 to 2022 issued the summon at an investigative […]
By Tom Okpe, Abuja Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has pledged the support of Nigeria for Mali’s candidate, Mrs Haidara Cisse Aichata, vying to become the President of the Pan-African Parliament. Aichata, if emerges victorious, will become the first woman to occupy the seat in the last 20 years. Gbajabiamila, speaking in Abuja on […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s family house at Ita Eko Abeokuta was on Wednesday night razed by fire. Reports have it that the fire outbreak started at about 9 pm and that it only affected the boys’ quarters of the property. ”The house is where Obasanjo’s parents lived. It is an old house. It is not […]
Abuja – The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations on Wednesday presented the report on the 2020 Appropriation Bill to the house for consideration. Chairman of the committee, Rep. Muktar Betara (APC-Borno) presented the Bill for an Act to authorise the issue from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation during plenary presided over by […]