At Wednesday’s plenary, the House resolved to probe street begging in Abuja and stepped down a consolidated bill on judicial immunity and foreign accounts. Street begging in Abuja The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the Abuja Rehabilitation Centre and the Federal Capital Territory’s (FCT) social protection programmes following a rise in the prevalence of the ‘Almajiri’ in the nation’s capital. The decision came after the adoption of a motion presented by Rep....
The House of Representatives also tasked its committee with conducting an investigative audit of the Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF) account from 2015 to date, amid a call for a lithium agency. Amidst global interest in Nigeria’s lithium resource, the House of Representatives has called on the ministry of solid minerals development to establish an agency in line with the Minerals and Mining Act of 2007. The proposed agency, lawmakers said, would spearhead the creation...
On Tuesday, the reps determined to investigate the gale of mass retirement in CBN and progressed on a bill on AI Reps to probe mass retirement in the central bank The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the circumstances that led to the mass retirement of 1,000 staff members of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The House also resolved to ascertain the N50bn payoff earmark for the settlement...
Federal government has been given an ultimatum by the House of Reps to unfreeze National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) account The House of Representatives on Tuesday called on the federal government to unfreeze all accounts of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) within 72 hours to facilitate the smooth resumption of its critical poverty alleviation programmes. This resolution, adopted on Tuesday, followed a motion sponsored by Deputy Speaker Rep. Benjamin Kalu (APC Abia)...
The federal government, through the ministries of marine and blue economy, and transportation have been asked to investigate incessant boat mishaps in the country Just as predicted in OrderPaper’s LIFE Service this week, the House of Representatives called on the federal government through the ministry of marine and blue economy and the ministry of transportation to conduct a thorough investigation into the recent boat mishaps in Nigeria. The ministries were tasked to provide insights and...
The House spokesperson and his deputy came under fire from members over the controversial tax reform bills There was uproar in the House of Representatives on Tuesday as members demanded that the spokesperson of the House, Rep. Akin Rotimi Jr. (APC Ekiti) to sit-down for announcing an endorsement of the controversial tax bills. Akin drew the ire of his colleagues while moving for the consideration of report on Nigerian content development and monitoring on behalf of...
On Thursday, the House of Reps engaged consultations on constitution review and thorny issues on the controversial tax bills Reps to seek further consultations on tax bills After about two hours of a closed door session, the House of Representatives has resolved to seek further consultation on President Bola Tinubu’s tax reform bills. It also disclosed that resource persons will be invited to a special session next Tuesday to enlighten lawmakers on the possible benefits...
The House of Representatives confirmed Oluyede as the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS) The House of Representative has confirmed the appointment of Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS). The confirmation followed the consideration of the report from the ad–hoc committee on confirmation/screening for acting Chief of Army Staff on Thursday. The chairman of the ad-hoc Committee Rep. Babajimi Benson (APC Lagos) while reading the synopsis of the report said that...
The screening of the acting army chief, a probe of outdated electricity meters and another investigation into CNG tank explosion are key highlights from today’s plenary session of the House of Representatives Reps screen acting COAS, Oluyode The House of Representatives on Wednesday screened the acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Olufemi Oluyede. He told the joint committee on defence and army of his extensive experience, having served in the Nigerian Army for over 30...
In approving the 2025–2027 MTEF/FSP, representatives pegged the exchange rate at N1400 per US dollar, $75 oil benchmark and 2.06 million barrels of production per day. The House of Representatives has approved the recommendations of its joint committees on finance, national planning, and economic development on the 2025–2027 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP). The approval came after the committee on supply considered the report presented by Rep. James Abiodun Faleke...
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