…lambasts NARD over strike The Senate Committee on Health, yesterday, expressed reservations over the recent conversion of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID – 19 to a Steering Committee on the pandemic. The lawmakers accused the Federal Government of taking the decision without the necessary consultations with the National Assembly. The misgiving came same […]
The Senate Committee on Health, Thursday, expressed reservations over the recent conversion of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 to a Steering Committee on the pandemic. The lawmakers accused the Federal Government of taking the decision without the necessary consultations with the National Assembly. The misgiving came same day the committee lambasted the National […]
The Senate, yesterday, lambasted the Management of the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS), over alleged planned remittance of N1billion to Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) as commission from projected N100 billion revenue collection. The Senate Committee on FCT seriously tackled the the FCT-IRS when its Executive Chairman, Mallam Abdullahi Attah, appeared before the […]
…suspends approval of N8.5bn 2021 FCT-IRS budget The Senate, yesterday, tackled relevant agencies of the executive arm of government currently expecting foreign loans and also seeking approval for 2021 budget proposals. The Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts had at an interface with the Ministries of Agriculture, Finance and Debt Management Office on 995million […]
The Senate has mandated its Committee on Trade and Investment to investigate the obvious domination of the nation’s indigenous retail businesses by foreign businessmen. The Red Chamber also resolved to review the Indigenization Act and other extant policy and legal framework with a view to providing incentives/ protection to indigenous retail business investors in the […]
…inaugurates leadership of Southern Forum Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Age ge, yesterday, declared that members of the upper chamber of the National Assembly would remain committed to the unity of Nigeria despite the current challenges confronting the country. The declaration came on the heels of widespread insecurity across the country and the […]
…forecloses 1963 Constitution adoption Omo -Agege: We can only amend 1999 Constitution Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, yesterday, dashed the hopes of advocates of Nigeria’s return to the parliamentary system of government, insisting that lawmakers cannot swap the 1999 Constitution with the 1963 Republican Constitution in the ongoing constitution review process. Omo-Agege who […]
The Senate, yesterday, passed for second reading, a bill seeking to provide for the position of a substantive Chairman on the board of the Nigerian Directorate of Employment (NDE). According to the sponsor of the bill, Senator Kabir Abdullahi Barkiyya (APC, Katsina Central), it would provide for the appointment of the substantive Chairman by the […]
The Senate Committee on Public Account, yesterday, queried Federal Ministry of Environment over alleged missing 55 vehicles in the ministry. The committee, chaired by Senator Mathew Urhoghide, issued the query, relying on the 2018 report of the Auditor-General of the Federation. The query reads: “Audit observed that 55 vehicles were not presented for physical inspection, […]
…summons CBN over ‘disappearance’ of $9.5m Reps probe crude oil allocation from 2018 The Senate, yesterday, uncovered how Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) allegedly paid N443 billion without appropriation from the National Assembly via the national budget. The apex legislative assembly made the discovery when the Senate Committee on Public Account went through the 2016 […]