The Senate adjourned to Friday for the commencement of a second batch of screening for the fresh list of nineteen (19) nominees sent in by the Senate. Both lists submitted by President Tinubu brings the Ministers in the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to 47 if they are confirmed by the Senate. READ ALSO: Ministerial Screening: 7 Things you should know about the process With the Senate set to conclude the final round...
Following in the footsteps of former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari who had adopted the practice of submitting their cabinet nominees in batches, President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday sent what is believed to be a final Ministerial list to the National Assembly READ ALSO: Ministerial list: Beyond mere rituals, as Nigerians await Tinubu’s ‘(wo)men’ With the Senate set to conclude the final round of screening for the first batch of Ministerial...
As the Nigerian Senate commences the screening for President Bola Tinubu’s twenty-eight (28) Ministerial Nominees, what is the process expected to look like? Find out in this special feature on the Senate and Constitutional requirement for Ministerial screening by Nigeria’s National Assembly. READ ALSO: Ministerial list: Beyond mere rituals, as Nigerians await Tinubu’s ‘(wo)men’ The Nigerian Senate would today commence screening and possible confirmation of President Bola Tinubu‘s twenty-eight (28) Ministerial nominees...
OrderPaper commences a series on ten of President Bola Tinubu’s twenty-eight (28) Ministerial nominees with legislative background; beginning with Honourable Stella Okotete. READ ALSO: Ministerial list: Beyond mere rituals, as Nigerians await Tinubu’s ‘(wo)men’ Nigeria’s Tenth National Assembly would this Monday, 31st July 2023 commence screening of President Bola Tinubu’s Ministerial nominees. This is in line with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (As amended) which...
Nigeria is for the first time ever, testing the constitutional provision mandating the President to submit his Ministerial list within a particular time frame and President Tinubu could face impeachment by the parliament in the event that he breaches the constitution The Lawmakers had on Tuesday, stepped down important items on the Order Paper and adjourned plenary as Senators including the President of the Senate left the National Assembly to attend the 60th Birthday...
Insiders say that Senator Adamu, who is the party’s third substantive National Chairman, would have been forced out of office if he had not resigned from the position. READ ALSO: Fact File: Performance Scorecards of Ex-Governors at the 9th Assembly Following months of intrigues since the emergence of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the National Chairman of the party has quitted his position...
Gbenga Daniel had before winning the February 2023 Senate election to represent Ogun East District, governed ‘The Gateway State’ between 2003 and 2011 as a member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). READ ALSO: PROFILES: Meet 10 Ex-Governors moving to the 10th National Assembly The lawmaker representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Gbenga Daniel, has written to the Ogun State Government requesting an immediate suspension of monthly payments being paid to him as a...
Adewumi Oriyomi Onanuga is a second-term Member of the House of Representatives representing Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency. She takes over from ex-Rep, Nkeiruka Onyejocha of Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency, Abia State who held the position in the Ninth Assembly. READ ALSO: As 10th NASS resumes, ten issues that should top the agenda The hopes of Nigerian women being represented in the leadership of the National Assembly got a boost on Tuesday,...
RMAFC undertook the last review of remuneration for public office holders in 2007, which culminated in the ‘Certain Political, Public and Judicial Office Holders (Salaries and Allowances, etc) (Amendment) Act, 2008’ READ ALSO: Parliament Special: How justified is severance package for lawmakers? The last few days have seen many hues and cry about a proposed increase of 114 per cent in the salaries of political office holders, including the President, vice...
A septuagenarian, Gumel had previously served as Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters between 2009 and 2011 and as Special Adviser to the National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) on National Assembly Matters from 2012 to 2014. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed a member of the Eighth Senate, Senator Abdullahi Abubakar Gumel, and Honourable Ibrahim Olarewaju Kunle; a member of the Ninth House of Representatives, as Presidential...
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