A Bill seeking to establish National Assembly Service Pension Board was on Wednesday stepped down by the House of Representatives. The Bill sought to automatically exclude the national assembly service from the contributory pension scheme. The bill was scheduled on…
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Bill to establish the Nigeria Peace Corps after its third reading at plenary. Rep. Mohammed Monguno, the Chief Whip of the House who sponsored the Bill, said it was to facilitate peace…
The House of Representatives is to consider the creation of Centre for the Coordination and Control of proliferation of small arms and light weapons in Nigeria. This followed the recommendation of the House Committee on National Security and Intelligence as…
The House of Representatives has mandated its committee on Human Rights to investigate alleged poor treatment of passengers by private airline operators in Nigeria. This followed the adoption of motion by Rep Simon Karu (APC-Gombe) on Tuesday during plenary. In…
The ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives investigating the lease of Federal Government owned assets has invited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to help in the recovery of N6.5 billion unpaid dues from the Lagos Trade…
The House of Representatives ad hoc Committee on structure and accountability of Joint Venture (JV) Business and Production Sharing Contracts (PSCS) of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd. has summoned Total Upstream over tax claims of 85 billion dollars. Rep.…
…Buhari’s allegations of illegal approvals of Budgets in view …Lawmakers angered over circumventing legislative oversight …Inflated submissions, extra-constitutional expenditure shroud Agencies’ spending …NEITI to explain N960m personnel cost in 2022 budget for 43 staff By Moses Adeniyi Lamentation by President…
By Ogaga Ariemu A committee of the House of Representatives has queried the N1.2 billion allegedly spent on a one-day summit by the National Population Commission (NPC). The committee issued the query when the NPC appeared before the lawmakers to…
…Lament poor 2023 budgetary allocation for office of Auditor General …Summon Finance Minister, Acting Accountant General, DG Budget Office, Head of Service …Give 7 days ultimatum to appear for explanation of AuGF’s proposed budget slashing to N5.112bn …Say slashing targeted at…
The House Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation, has charged the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) to channel its 2023 budget into job creation for youths in the country. The Chairman of the committee, Rep. Beni Lar, said this at…
