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25% of Budget: Sanusi has apologised to N’Assembly – Makarfi

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Ahmed Makarfi has said that Nigerians did not understand the Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, when he (Sanusi) said members of the National Assembly alone were spending 25 per cent of the country’s annual budget. Makarfi, who spoke to journalists in Kaduna at an interactive forum disclosed that he […]

‘N’Assembly to spend N10m on cleaning services monthly’

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

The National Assembly will this year spend N240.3m on the cleaning of its Phase III building and another N450.7m on fuelling of generators installed in the premises of the same edifice. The fuel cost will also cover generators in the Phase 11 of the same building and its Annex I & II complex. The sums […]

How Daniel, Obasanjo-Bello, Bankole emerged in parallel PDP primaries

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Sunday, January 9th, 2011

AS members of the crisis-ridden Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), in Ogun State go to the polls today to elect their standard flag-bearer for the forthcoming general elections, what is on the lips of residents of the state is whether the party would be able to overcome their problem or juHow Daniel, Obasanjo-Bello, Bankole emerged in […]

Yar’Adua’s daughter gets Reps ticket

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Ahead of this week’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries to elect candidates for National Assembly elections, indications have emerged that, Maryam, wife of an incumbent member of the House of Representatives and eldest daughter of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua may have been offered the Reps ticket on a platter of gold. Maryam, who […]

Nigeria Lost $400b To Corruption In 40 Years – Bankole

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature Thursday, December 30th, 2010

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, yesterday revealed that Nigeria lost between $400 billion and $436 billion to corruption within its first 40 years as a nation. Bankole gave this at the national youth summit held yesterday at the International Conference Centre, with the title: “Towards Effective Mobilisation of Nigerian Youth for […]

Nigeria’s ambassador to Ethiopia eyes Reps seat

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature, National Politics Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Nigeria’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, Mrs. Nkoyo Toyo, has expressed intention to pick a Peoples Democratic Party ticket to the House of Representatives. Toyo, who is also Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the African Union Commission, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Addis Ababa that she was seeking to represent the Calabar/Odukpani Federal Constituency of Cross […]

Nigerians In The Diaspora, Others Query Spending On Lawmakers

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature, Senate Sunday, December 19th, 2010

ALTHOUGH Nigeria spends about 25 per cent of its national expenditure on the National Assembly, official sources within the US government has put the cost of running the entire US congress, including salaries of senators and representatives, at 0.2 per cent of all federal spending. Recently, a statement credited to the Governor of the Central Bank […]

Executive Consumes 50 per cent of National Budget, Bankole Alleges

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature Sunday, December 19th, 2010

SPEAKER, House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, has argued that the Executive arm of government should be blame for high cost of governance in Nigeria, claiming that the first tier of government expends about 50 per cent of the nation’s budget on itself. Bankole, who was Guest Speaker at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria yesterday, […]