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Nigeria owes N6.02tr –Senate

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Senate yesterday estimated that Nigeria’s present external and local debts at N6.02 trillion, but said the country is not in any danger of going broke. Chairman, Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Senator Ehigie Uzamere, disclosed this during the committee’s inauguration by Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu. Giving a breakdown of the debt profile, Uzamere […]

Constitution amendment: Govs set to send bill to N’Assembly

Posted by admin Constitution, Governors, House, Legislature, Senate Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Plans have reached an advanced stage by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) to send a private member bill to the National Assembly (NASS) on Constitution Amendment. The Chairman of the Forum, Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State who dropped the hint in Abuja, Monday, ahead of the meeting of the body, however, declined to elaborate. […]

Senate probes abuse of expatriate quota

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

Senate has directed Committees on Interior, Employment, Labour and Productivity to investigate the abuse of expatriate quota by foreign multinationals operating in the country. The committees have also been mandated to conduct a public hearing on all allegations surrounding the matter. Sponsor of the motion, Senator Wilson Ake told the Senate that there were avalanche […]

Constitution review: Senate woos states, local councils

Posted by admin Constitution, Legislature, Local Govt, Senate, State News Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Penultimate Tuesday, Senate President David Mark concluded inauguration of 55 committees, save for the Selection Committee which is automatically constituted with the composition of the Body of Principal Officers. It was a no mean feat for the Senate President who ensured that he personally inaugurated each committee, quite unlike in the Sixth Senate when he […]

We’ ll revisit Uwais Report on Electoral Reform –Reps

Posted by admin House, Legislature Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Hopes that the report of the Justice Mohammed Uwais Electoral Committee would be revisited were kindled yesterday in the House of Representatives. Chairman of the House Committee on Electoral Matters, Hon Jerry Manwe said at a parley with a group of civil societies that the Committee was working on measures to promote transparency and credibility […]

N894m contract scam: Court decides Bankole’s fate Dec 19

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja will on December 19, decide whether or not to quash the 16-count criminal charge filed against the ex-speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Besides, Justice Donatus Okorowo will deliver his ruling on the motion filed by the embattled […]

Jumbo pay: Presidency, N’Assembly on warpath

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, Presidency, Senate Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

The Presidency and the National Assembly may be on collision course over proposals by the former to freeze overheads as from 2015 fiscal year. The proposals, which are contained in the 2012-2015 Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) were fall-outs of a meeting held last weekend between the Presidency, the economic team […]

National Assembly is Encouraging Corruption, Says Auditor-General

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Monday, October 17th, 2011

National Assembly By Onwuka Nzeshi The growing cases of sleaze and fiscal indiscipline in the country have been blamed on the nonchalance and failure of the National Assembly to act on the annual reports from the nation’s Auditor General. This was part of the report which the Auditor General released over the weekend on the […]

Senate laments condition of border towns

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Sunday, October 16th, 2011

The Senate Committee on States and Local Government Administration has decried the neglect of Nigerian border communities by the Federal Government. The Chairman of the committee, Senator Kabiru Gaya, said in a statement in Kaduna on Sunday that the Federal Government’s lack of interest in the welfare of the nearly 22 million people living […]

Reps in rowdy session over Jonathan’s N98.4bn virement request

Posted by admin House, Legislature Thursday, October 13th, 2011

Proposal by President Goodluck Jonathan to transfer the sum of N98.4billion from where it was allocated to another in the 2011 budget-led to a rowdy session in the House of Representatives yesterday. Deputy Speaker Emeka Ihedioha who presided over the plenary laboured hard to save the bill from being thrown out later stepped it down […]