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Mark lists agenda for 7th Senate (Endless Agenda – No Substance)

Posted by admin Senate Sunday, June 26th, 2011

ABUJA — The President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has said part of his legislative agenda in the Senate was to collaborate with the executive arm of government in order to truly transform Nigeria. In a statement issued in Abuja, yesterday, Mark enjoined his colleagues to brace up for the challenge of providing qualitative […]

Bomb blast: N’Assembly rolls out new security measures

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

In order not to be caught unawares the second time, government at different levels and sensitive agencies of the Federal Government have mapped out new strategies aimed at curbing the Boko Haram insurgence. The security alert, which was sequel to last week’s bombing of the Force Headquarter, Abuja, was a fallout of a meeting between […]

Senate drops demand for ministerial list with portfolios

Posted by admin Legislature, Ministries, Senate Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

NOW, President Goodluck Jonathan is at liberty to attach portfolios or refrain when he sends the ministerial list to the Senate, hopefully next week. This follows the Senate decision to shift ground on earlier insistence that the President’s attachment of portfolios to the list was mandatory. Senate President David Mark confirmed the new position yesterday […]

Bomb Blast : Lawmaker Challenges Jonathan

Posted by admin Boko Haram, House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Sunday, June 19th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan Senator Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya, who represents Kano South senatorial district in the senate, has called on the federal government to fish out those behind the suicide bomb attack on the Police Force Headquarters, Abuja. Gaya, who spoke to THISDAY on a number of national issues on Friday in Kano, called on President […]

Legislators’ Pay As Burden On Economy

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Saturday, June 18th, 2011

Why Legislators’ Pay Turns Jumbo • 469 Federal Lawmakers Gulp N339bn In 4 Years • Actual Salary (On Pay Slip) Only N18.245bn • N45m Per Senator Per Quarter (N720m In 4 Years) • N42m Per House Member Per Quarter (N672m In 4 Years) • N4,881,394,960 To Maintain 109 Senators • N13,364,450,550 To Maintain 360 […]

‘Reverse sale of Legislators’ Quarters to Mark, Bankole’

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

The Progressive Leadership Organisation International, PLOI, yesterday, urged the Presidency to reverse the sale of official residential quarters of principal officers of the National Assembly to the Senate President, David Mark; former Speaker, Dimeji Bankole; the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and former Deputy Speaker, Usman Bayero Nafada; describing the purchase as the height of […]

Former senators pay N1.6m for cars, office items

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

The National Assembly has finally sold the 109 Toyota Camry V6 Model cars to members of the Sixth Senate for a paltry some of N1.5m. They also paid an additional N100,000 for other items such as computers, TV sets and other disposables which they had used in their offices during the last four years. Our […]

Women who will shape Seventh National Assembly

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate, Women Politics Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

THE 2011 elections dealt women a devastating electoral blow, especially at the National Assembly. The political mileage women recorded between 1999 and 2007 was eroded this year. The 2007 polls witnessed a slight increase in the number of women in the Federal legislature. In 2003, the percentage of females was 2.7 per cent for the […]

The Sixth Senate: An overview

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

WHEN the history of the Sixth Senate is written, the two important issues that would not escape any observer are the tranquility and stability that prevailed in the last four years and the seeming integrity that the leadership of Senator David Bonaventure Alechenu Mark conferred on the Senate. Quite unlike the Fourth and Fifth Senate […]

How I escaped banana peels in 6th Senate – Mark

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Sunday, June 5th, 2011

President of the sixth Senate, Senator David Mark, has disclosed the secret behind his survival in the Upper Legislative Chamber of the National Assembly, saying he allowed national interest, unity, cohesion and team spirit to dictate his actions rather than personal goals. Speaking at a parley with Northern Senators Forum of the sixth Senate session […]