The Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has ordered Visible Concept, the construction firm handling the N30 billion renovation work at the National Assembly to speedily complete the projects. Sen. Smart Adeyemi, Chairman of the senate Committee, gave the…
The Senate Committee on Power has summoned Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, over N147 billion included in the capital project of the Ministry of Power. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Gabriel Suswam, who invited the Minister during the budget…
…As lawmakers lament frustration amid huge budgetary allocations Giving insight into controversies around the execution of the $6 billion Mambilla Power Project, Minister of Power, Engr Abubakar Aliyu has said litigation bottlenecks were responsible for the delay, disclosing the Economic…
The Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday came down hard on the contractor handling the Karshi-Ara road and the extension of the Karshi-Apo road, over failure to complete the project at the agreed time. Chairman of…
The Senate Committee on ICT and Cybersecurity has urged the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and relevant stakeholders to create awareness on the newly enacted Nigerian Start-up Act. The Chairman of the committee,Sen Oseni Yakubu, made the call on…
The Senate has urged the Agriculture Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) to work towards repositioning the council in capacity enhancement of its personnel to deliver the mandate of training and research in agricultural sector. It also urged ARCN to liaise…
The Senate has advocated the upgrade of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCom) to a federal ministry in order to meet its obligations to Nigerian citizens in foreign countries. Sen. Michael Nnachi, Chairman, Senate Committee on the Diaspora and Non-Governmental…
The Senate on Wednesday passed the N65,905,252,467 budget of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPFTF) for the year 2022. The amount is made up of personnel expenditure of N948,810,609.29, total overhead costs; N8,857,106,527.44 and total capital expenditure of N56,099,335,330.35. The…
… Suspends Plenary to Nov 15th for budget defence The Senate on Wednesday passed for a second reading the 2023 Appropriation Bill which was presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari last Friday. The bill seeks to authorise…
The Senate has urged training and research institutions in the agricultural sector to use their budgetary appropriations for execution of their core mandates. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Sen. Abdulahi Yahaya, said this when he spoke with journalists in…
