A price review for medicines, surrogacy regulation bill, and a N24bn refund for airport takeover are major take-away from today’s plenary Economy hardship: Review NHIS medicine price list, Reps tell FG The House of Representatives called on the federal government to review the price list for medicine and medicare under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). It also urged its relevant committees to interface with the Federal Ministry of Health and the National Health Insurance...
Tremors in Abuja, flood in some parts of the country and rejection of Edo gubernatorial result by LP Reps caucus top activities in the House Speaker’s welcome address The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas (APC Kaduna) at Wednesday’s plenary session welcomed members back after the 9 weeks of recess, and just as forecasted in our Legislative Intelligence Forecast Entry (LIFE), the speaker revealed the focus of the second session (2024-2025) of the...
Bills on pregnant convicts and life imprisonment, and creation of Okura state as well as the Plateau School collapse are highlights from Thursday’s plenary session Bill to sentence pregnant convicts to life imprisonment instead of death scales second reading The House of Representatives on Thursday passed for second reading a bill seeking to commute the sentence of pregnant women convicted of offences punishable by death to life imprisonment. The bill titled, “a Bill for an Act...
₦6.2trillion increase in budget, ₦100m support for Olympic games and winfall tax on banks top activities in the House today Reps advance Tinubu’s bills to Increase 2024 budget by ₦6.2 trillion, impose bank tax The House of Representatives today received a double dose of executive bills to increase government spending which both passed the first and second reading on the floor. A bill to amend the 2024 budget to authorise additional spending of ₦6.2 trillion...
A call to investigate recruitment dispute between the Police Service Commission (PSC) and the IGP, a revisit of the school feeding, and welfare scheme for youths are major highlights from plenary of the House Reps to intervene in PSC and IGP recruitment face-off The House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its standing committee on police to investigate and resolve the ongoing recruitment dispute between the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun and the Police Service...
Return of fuel queue and a negative spotlight of Dangote cement were some of the issues that took centre stage in the House of Representatives today Reps to probe return of fuel queues In response to the return of fuel queues across the country, the House of Representatives has called for a forensic investigation of the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). This investigation aims...
Suicide bombing in Borno, cholera outbreak, and attendance roll call were some of the highlights of Tuesday’s plenary in the House of Representatives Sack security appointees over Borno suicide bombing… Rep. Abdulsamad Dasuki (PDP Sokoto) has called on President Bola Tinubu to sack all his appointees in the security sector, citing their failure to meet the expectations of Nigerians. He made this call while contributing to a motion condemning the recent suicide bombing in Borno...
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