A Kenyan lawmaker was kicked out of the Parliament for binging her baby to the chambers. Kwale woman Representative, Zulekha Hassan was on Wednesday, August 7, ordered out of the National Assembly for disrupting a parliamentary session. Speaker of the National Assembly Hon. Chris Omulele, MP Luanda described her move as unprecedented, and then ordered […]
The Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS) on Tuesday, presented a budget proposal of $602 million (381,612,734) Units of Account, to the Parliament for 2019 fiscal year. The budget proposal which is a 34.7 per cent increase (98, 817, 554) UA, on the 2018 budget, has 73.9 per cent dedicated to community programmes, while […]
While the nation awaits the passage of the 2018 Budget by the National Assembly, the Parliament on Tuesday accused the executive of failing to submit 2018 Finance Bill which is expected to accompany the budget proposal as requested by legislators. The Finance bill is necessarily requested by the legislature to guide against revenue leakages and […]
The Speaker of the Finnish Parliament Mrs. Paula Risikko received a delegation from Lagos State House Assembly, at the Parliament of Finland in Helsinki on Wednesday. The delegation was led by Rt. Honourable Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, Speaker of Lagos State House Assembly. Finnish Ambassador to Nigeria, Pirjo Suomela-Chowdhury in a statement to thebDaily Times on […]
Catalan MPs in Barcelona have elected a pro-independence speaker at their first meeting since Madrid dissolved the region’s parliament. The choice of Roger Torrent is the first step to reinstating local government. Separatist parties, who remain dominant after December’s election, want Carles Puigdemont to be president again. But the ex-leader risks arrest if he returns […]
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has bagged the award of credence just as the Nigerian Youth Parliament passed a vote of confidence on him. This award was conferred on the DG during a special advocacy visit and presentation of certificate of credence by the members […]
The ECOWAS Parliament has adopted the proposed 2018 community budget of 284.9 million West African Units of Account (UA) (approximately 122 billion naira). The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) puts a West African UA at 430.1 naira. The budget was adopted following the presentation of the Report of the Ad hoc Committee for the Consideration […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has spent $197 million out of its $230.2 million expenditure for 2017. Its total income for the year budget stood at $267.9m. Of the expenditure, the Commission spent $146m, its parliament spent $19.86m; the Community Court of Justice $17.2m; West African Health Organisation, $33.1m; and the Intergovernmental […]
One of the youngest MPs caught on camera fighting off security officers at Uganda’s parliament last week has told the BBC from his hospital bed: We don’t regret it, we know we’re within the law. The constitution gives us power to protect it.” Francis ZaakeUgandan MP Parliament had descended into mayhem during a motion to […]
The Uganda’s parliament this afternoon was a scene of action as MPs flexed muscles and threw chairs at one another ahead of a debate on whether to grant long-serving President Yoweri Museveni another term in office. He has been in power for more than three decades. The move to extend Museveni’s rule has met widespread […]
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