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Legislature

Akwa Ibom Assembly Passes Anti-open Grazing Bill
15Sep By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Agriculture, Legislature, News, Nigeria

Akwa Ibom Assembly Passes Anti-open Grazing Bill

The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has passed the anti-open grazing bill into law in the state on Tuesday. The bill entitled, “A Bill for a law to prohibit open rearing and grazing of livestock and provide for the establishment of ranches and Livestock administration, regulation and control, and for other matters connected therewith” was passed after it was read the third time on the floor of the House during the plenary, presided over by the Speaker, Mr. Aniekan Bassey. Chairman, House Committee on Agriculture, and member representing Ikono State Constituency, Asuquo Udo, presented the report of Joint House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lands and Housing to the House. The lawmakers adopted the recommendations of the Joint House Committee on Agriculture an...
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Lagos State Assembly Passes VAT, Open Grazing Bills
9Sep By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Legislature, News, Nigeria

Lagos State Assembly Passes VAT, Open Grazing Bills

The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the Value Added Tax Bill into law in the state. Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the House directed the Acting Clark of the House, Mr. Olalekan Onafeko, to transmit a clean copy to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for assent. The House also passed the bill that prohibits open cattle grazing in the state. Read Also: FG suffers N1.76tn revenue shortfall in six months The two bills were passed after unanimous votes by the lawmakers at the sitting where the bills were read the third time. Immediately after their passage, Speaker Obasa commended his colleagues for their passion to see that the state continues to grow. “I thank you all for this historic exercise,” Obasa said. The House had held separate public hearings on the bills on Wedne...
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Ondo Rep, Adedayo Omolafe ‘Expensive’ Has Died
16Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Legislature, News, Nigeria

Ondo Rep, Adedayo Omolafe ‘Expensive’ Has Died

A member of the House of Representatives, representing Akure South/Akure North Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Mr Adedayo Omolafe has died. Omolafe, popularly called "Expensive" passed on in Akure, the capital city of Ondo state in the early hours of Monday, August 16, 2021. He was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a former chairman of Akure South council area of Ondo state. Read Also: FG Scraps DPR, PPPRA, PEF, Sacks CEOs, Inaugurates New Agencies “He was unconscious last night (Sunday night) and rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Owo," a source said. He reportedly died around 2 am on Monday morning at his Abuja residence. Source: SaharaReporters
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PDP Govs Set To Meet Today, Reps Caucus Clamour For Secondus Resignation
9Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Legislature, News, Nigeria

PDP Govs Set To Meet Today, Reps Caucus Clamour For Secondus Resignation

Members of the House of Representatives elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have called for the immediate resignation of the National Chairman of the Party, Prince Uche Secondus, to prevent it from collapse. This was part of a two-point resolution arrived at after a virtual meeting of the caucus in Abuja, on Saturday. It was contained in a document titled, “Resolutions reached at an online meeting of the PDP caucus of the House of Representatives on Saturday, 7th august, 2021 in respect of current concerns over party leadership, according to Punch. The document was signed by the Leader and Deputy Leader of the caucus, Kingsley Chinda, Chukwuka Onyema, respectively. It read in part, “Members of the PDP House of Reps Caucus met and deliberated extensivel...
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Hushpuppi: Reps Consider Reviewing Abba Kyari’s Honour
8Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Legislature, News, Nigeria

Hushpuppi: Reps Consider Reviewing Abba Kyari’s Honour

The House of Representatives has plans are not yet in motion to strip the suspended commander of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, of the honour conferred on him util he is proven guilty of the allegations brought against him by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States. Kyari has been suspended by the Police Service Commission on the recommendation of the IGP, Usman Baba, pending his investigation by Nigeria’s police authorities. Recall that the House had on June 11, 2020, honoured Kyari for his exceptional service to the Nigeria Police Force and Nigeria. The invitation and honour followed a motion moved by the member representing Chibok Federal Constituency in Borno State, Ahmad Jaha, two days earlier. Kyari, a Deputy C...
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Reps Set To Deny President Buhari Sole Power To Appoint, Sack Service Chiefs
8Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Armed Forces, Legislature, News, Nigeria

Reps Set To Deny President Buhari Sole Power To Appoint, Sack Service Chiefs

The House of Representatives is undergoing the amendment to the Armed Forces Act 2004 which will strip the President of the exclusive right to appoint, remove and elongate the tenures of service chiefs. The amendment seeks to empower the Armed Forces Council to determine the qualification. This is being proposed in the legislation titled ‘A Bill for an Act to Amend the Armed Forces Act, Cap. A20, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 to Foster Collaboration between the Armed Forces and Other Security Agencies in the Provision of National Security and Establish the Armed Forces Human Rights Unit to Provide a Reporting Channel for Civilians Whose Human Rights Are Violated by Members of Armed Forces.’ It was one of the eight bills passed for second reading on July 14, 2021, which w...
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Senate Indicts Accountant-General For Illegally Withdrawing N665billion From Federal Account
29Jul By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Finance, Legislature, News, Nigeria

Senate Indicts Accountant-General For Illegally Withdrawing N665billion From Federal Account

The Nigerian Senate has accused the office of the Accountant General of the Federal of illegally withdrawing N665.8billion from the Development of Natural Resources Fund and Stabilization Funds and issuing as loans to various government agencies. The upper legislative chamber said the money was withdrawn between 2004 and 2015 contrary to the established objectives of the fund. The revelation is contained in the report of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts on the Federation Account. The committee had been investigating expenditures of federal government agencies from 2015-2018 based on an audit report by the Auditor-General for the Federation. The panel presented the report of its six-month investigation on the Federation Account for the year 2015, which was approved by the...
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Both Christian, Muslim Schools Being Raided – Presidency Fires Back Bishop Kukah
19Jul By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Legislature, News, Nigeria, Religion, Security

Both Christian, Muslim Schools Being Raided – Presidency Fires Back Bishop Kukah

The presidency has countered Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Kukah over his recent statement while addressing the United States Congress on the state of insecurity in Nigeria. The presidency alleged that the cleric was spreading falsehood with the intent to discredit President Muhammadu Buhari administration. Recall that Kukah had in the remote presentation before American parliament faulted Buhari’s approach towards tackling insecurity in Nigeria. He indicted Buhari for nepotism in key appointments and lopsided appointments in favour of Muslims over Christians. Reacting to the development, the presidency in a statement by presidential spokesperson Garba Shehu said Kukah was doing his “best to sow discord and strife among Nigerians” as 234 muslim pupils were still in ...
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Reps Approve $8b, €490m Loan Requests By Buhari
17Jul By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Legislature, News, Nigeria

Reps Approve $8b, €490m Loan Requests By Buhari

The House of Representatives yesterday gave the nod for President Muhammadu Buhari to take a loan of   $8,325,526,537 as requested by him. The House also approved a separate €490 million loan request by him. The approvals came under the  2018 – 2020 External Borrowing (Rolling) Plan of the Federal Government. The loan approval followed the consideration of the interim report of the Committee on Aids, Loans, and Debt Management on the Proposed 2018-2020 external borrowing (Rolling) plan and the approval of the recommendations therein. The report was submitted by the committee chairman, Hon Ahmed Dayyabu Safana. The funding agencies according to the report are World Bank (WB) $796,000,000; China EXIM Bank $2,901,026,509; Industrial Commercial Bank of China $2,484,555,304...
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