The presidency and leaders of the national assembly have reached a compromise on a planned external borrowing, TheCable has learnt.In October 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari had written to the national assembly seeking approval for the borrowing of $30bn from external sources.But the national assembly turned down the president's request.The proposal was rejected even without consideration at the senate, and the [...]
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Some members of the house of representatives have accused the leadership of the house under Yakubu Dogara, the speaker, of shrouding expenditures of the lower legislative chamber in mystery.In an advertorial placed in Tuesday edition of PUNCH, the lawmakers said the green chamber ought to be the vanguard for transparency in the country, but the case under Dogara is different."In [...]
Abdulrazak Namdas, spokesman of the house of representatives, says for the first time, Nigerians will have a chance to contribute to the budget process.Speaking with journalists on Thursday, Namdas said plenary would be adjourned for three weeks to enable legislators work extensively on the 2017 budget proposals.He said during the three weeks, the house would create a special public hearing [...]
House of representatives members from the north-west geo-political zone believe President Muhammadu Buhari should stay in office beyond 2019.Speaking to journalists after a caucus meeting late Wednesday, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, leader of the group, said Buhari had achieved a lot, particularly in the area of security.The lawmakers also passed a vote of confidence on the Buhari administration and the leadership of [...]
Legislators in the house of representatives say "unnecessary charges" by Petroleum Products Price Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) are the reason Nigerians pay N145 per litre for premium motor spirit (PMS).At a public hearing on Monday, the ad hoc committee on the review of PMS said the 145 per litre pump price was causing Nigerians "great pains and suffering".The legislators said for [...]
The house of representatives wants President Muhammadu Buhari to offer President Yahya Jammeh asylum as a way of ending the political instability in Gambia.After the election of December 1, Jammeh congratulated Barrow but later turned around to say that he would not hand over power.Buhari has since stepped in as an ECOWAS mediator, leading other West African leaders to persuade [...]
A bill to compulsorily take land from Nigerians for the purpose of grazing is still in the national assembly.The bill, entitled National Grazing Routes and Reserve Bill, 2016, is sponsored by Sunday Karimi, a member of the house of representatives from Mopamuro/Yagba west/east federal constituency in Kogi state.A similar bill was rejected by the senate in November 2016, but the one in [...]
In 2016, some legislators in the eighth national assembly sponsored bills that got majority of Nigerians talking.Some Nigerians are of the opinion that some these bills sponsored in parliament were being used to achieve "selfish purposes" either to the advantage of the executive or the legislature.But whatever these controversial pieces of legislation sought to achieve, they put the national assembly [...]
Abdulmumin Jibrin, suspended member of the house of representatives, has told Yakubu Dogara, the speaker, to return the $600,000 he collected from James Ibori since he has denied the former Delta state governor.On December 23, Dogara had denied claims by Peter Nwabaoshi, a senator, that the former governor influenced his emergence as speaker in June 2015.But in a statement on Saturday, Jibrin [...]
Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, says there is a possibility that James Ibori, former governor of Delta state, may be his silent supporter.Reacting to the claim of Peter Nwabaoshi, a senator, that the former governor influenced his emergence, Dogara said he does not have any personal relationship with Ibori.He said he was duly elected by members of [...]
Femi Gbajabiamila, majority leader of the house of representatives, says the amendment of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) Act by the national assembly will "not see the light of day".The majority leader had made an attempt to revisit the bill but when Yakubu Dogara, the speaker, put it to a vote, the legislators kicked against it.Gbajabiamila, while giving an end [...]
Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, says the federal government should have a rethink on the privatisation of public establishments.Dogara said this on Monday at the investigative public hearing on the urgent need to halt the plan to raise federal government secured bond of N309 billion to finance the shortfall in the Nigerian electricity market."Unfortunately, since the unbundling [...]
The house of representatives has passed for second reading a bill seeking to alter the 1999 constitution to provide for the establishment of the Ecclesiastical court of appeal in the country.While speaking on the floor of the house on Tuesday, Gyang Dung, sponsor of the bill, explained that it would provide for functions, jurisdiction, qualifications and appointments in spiritual matters [...]
The house of representatives has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to protect the identity of security personnel, sources and informants from unlawful disclosure.The bill also seeks to protect their establishments and facilities from authorised access.Oluwole Oke, sponsor of the bill, from Osun state, said the security personnel were no longer confident in carry out their duties because they [...]
The house of representatives on Wednesday passed for second reading a bill seeking to make the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) responsible for appointing chairman and members of election tribunals of the national and states houses of assembly in the country.The bill, sponsored by Karimi Sunday and James Faleke, sought to alter Section 1 (3) of the sixth schedule [...]
The house of representatives on Tuesday urged the Petroleum Products Prices Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) and the ministry of petroleum resources to review the current price of Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) downward to N70.04/litre.The house also resolved to set up an ad hoc committee to interface with the ministry of petroleum resources on the review of the PMS price.These resolutions by [...]
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