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Climate Change: House move to establish landscape architecture council

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 24 November 2023 0

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

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HoR mandates C’ttee to investigate revenue leakage

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 23 November 2023 0

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,

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House places Lottery Trust Fund on investigations, for spending 100% IGR

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 21 November 2023 0

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 […]

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Security: House members, unanimously rejects representation of service chiefs

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 17 November 2023 0

..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

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N10bn Withdrawal: House query irregularities in NIPOST subsidiaries’ registrations

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 8 November 2023 0

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

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House moves to secure Justice on the Murder of NYSC member

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 1 November 2023 0

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 […]

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House C’ttee promises to ensure equitable spread of government employment

Ihesiulo Grace 15 October 2023 0

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 […]

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Ondo Assembly decries dilapidated federal roads

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2023 0

… 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 […]

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N267b non-remittance to NHF; House C’ttee summons CEOs of Insurance firms

Ihesiulo Grace 30 August 2023 0

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

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Job Racketeering: House C’ttee, scrutinizing FCC State Commissioners bank a/c

Ihesiulo Grace 15 August 2023 0

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

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House C’ttee says insecurity, threatening foundation existence of S/E

Ihesiulo Grace 11 August 2023 0

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

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Subsidy payment: House summons Finance minister

Ihesiulo Grace 10 August 2022 0

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 […]

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House Speaker receives Mali’s candidate for Pan-African Parliament position

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2021 0

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 […]

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Obasanjo’s family house at Ita Eko Abeokuta razed

Ihesiulo Grace 13 February 2020 0

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 […]

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House c’ttee presents 2020 budget report

Ihesiulo Grace 4 December 2019 0

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 […]

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Construction coy threatens Adamawa Assembly with legal action

Ihesiulo Grace 6 November 2017 0

The management of Hyro-Source and Resources Company handling a N1.2 billion rural roads project in Adamawa has threatened legal action against the Adamawa House of Assembly over alleged defamatory remarks. The company, through its Site Engineer, Anake Samuel, during a press conference over the weekend in Yola the state capital gave the assembly 48 hours […]

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Jibrin to appear before House over petitions, absenteeism

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2016 0

Suspended member of the House of Representatives and former chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, got a reprieve Wednesday as he was granted leave to come into the National Assembly complex and defend himself before the Committee on Ethics and Privileges.The reprieve came as a result of a motion by chairman of the committee […]

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Court sacks 2 House of Reps members.

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2016 0

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sacked two members of the House of Representatives from Enugu and ordered them to refund all emoluments they have earned back to National Assembly’s purse. The affected lawmakers, according to Daily Trust are: Hon. Stella Ngwu from Igbo-Etiti/Uzo-Uwani Federal Constituency and Hon. Dennis Nnmachi Agbo from Igbo-Eze […]

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Forex Scarcity: Reps Move To Stem Relocation Of Factories.

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2016 0

The House of Representatives has expressed concern over the likely relocation of agriculture value chain companies as well as non-agriculture-related ones from the country owing to the scarcity of foreign exchange in the country. To stem such exodus of these foreign companies, it mandated its committees on Agricultural Production and Services and Banking and Currency […]