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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 […]

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 […]

Northern senators meet over fuel subsidy removal

Posted by admin Legislature, North-Central, North-East, North-West, Senate Thursday, October 6th, 2011

Northern senators met on Wednesday night to analyse plans by the Federal Government to remove fuel subsidy in January, 2012. Our correspondent learnt that senators under the Northern Senators Forum, headed by Senator Umar Dahiru, discussed the matter extensively and planned the strategy to adopt. Although some senators have spoken for and against the […]

Why rail transport failed –Senator

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Thursday, October 6th, 2011

The Senate Committee Chairman on Land Transport, Senator Sahabi Alhaji Ya’U has attributed failure of rail transport in Nigeria to inconsistency in government’s transport policy and lack of regular pattern of railway development. He added that the rail system, which began in Lagos in 1898 had over the years become inefficient and had hardly developed […]

Nigeria at 51, there may be a revolution if… -Senator Yarima

Posted by admin General Politics, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Former governor of Zamfara State now Senator, Ahmed Sani Yarima Bakura has lamented that Nigeria at 51 is not yet good enough. He advised that if urgent steps are not taken to address certain issues, he foresees revolution in the country. Senator Sani while speaking in an interview on Monday in Gusau said if no […]

Swearing-in: Igbeke faults Senate over clearance

Posted by admin Anambra, Legislature, Senate, State News Monday, October 3rd, 2011

Anambra North Senator-elect, Senator Alphonsus Igbeke, has picked holes in the Senate leadership’s refusal to swear him in over alleged non-clearance. Igbeke was first denied swearing-in on June 6, 2011 and later, last Thursday, in spite of a Federal High Court’s order of September 26 ordering the Senate leadership to swear him in with immediate […]

Senators dare govs, insist on SWF law

Posted by admin Governors, Legislature, Senate Monday, October 3rd, 2011

Facts emerged on Sunday that the Senate might not dance to the tune of state governors on the amendment of the Sovereign Wealth Fund. THE PUNCH learnt that the senators might insist that the law must be implemented. The law provides that government should save from the country’s excess crude oil earnings as a backup […]