National Assembly Archives

N/A Committee Members Expresses Concern Over Facilities At NYSC Orientation Camp In Niger State

November 21, 2023 0

The House of Representatives Committee on Youth and Development, has expressed concern over the nature of existing facilities at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Paikoro, Niger state and called on the state government for improvement on the facilities.

NDIC’s 2021 Retreat For House Of Rep Committee On Insurance And Actuarial Matters– Pix

June 17, 2021 0

Member, NDIC Board, Adewale Adeleke; MD/CEO, Bello Hassan; Chairman House Committee on Insurance and Actuarial Matters, Hon. Darlington Nwokocha; Deputy Chairman, Hon. Ahmadu Jahar; ED/CS NDIC, Hon. Omolola Abiola Edewor and ED-OPs, Mustapha M. Ibrahim at the 2021 Retreat for House of Representatives Committee on Insurance and Actuarial Matters.

Senate Commends NNPC Anti-Corruption Efforts, Drive Towards Profitability

June 10, 2021 0

The Nigerian Senate has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for its efforts towards entrenching transparency and stamping out corruption from its system.

Authority Stealing

November 1, 2020 0

By Kayode Akinrimisi II Authority stealing, authority stealing a song popularised by Fela Anikulapo Kuti is the root cause of the #ENDSARS project rocking Nigeria at the moment. It is a situation where education sub sector is taking N40bn in the national budget and National Assembly is taking N120bn, this is not tenable. Some analysts will say Nigeria actually …

National Assembly Assures That The Senate Will Not Approve Death Penalty For Social Media Offenders

January 3, 2020 0

The Senator, representing Niger East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Abuja, Senator Mohammed Sani Musa has assured that the controversial Social Media Bill, if passed into law, will not deny Nigerians their rights to freedom of speech, describing the bill as mere regulations, that did not mean denial of freedom of speech.

Between Hate Speech Bill And Nigerian Journalism

December 19, 2019 0

Senators are enraged. Honourables are furious. For real, they don’t know what hate speech is, but they actually know what its Bill will wreak when it revolves in a reality. It’s right that hate speech is brimstone and fire that decoy social media daily, fire with potentialities of razing, and speeches with power to spark violence and result to violent …

Hate Speech Bill Unnecessary-Group

November 29, 2019 0

Country Director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI), Mr. Raymond Esebagbon has said that the Hate Speech Bill currently being discussed at the National Assembly is misdirected and unnecessary. Esebagbon, a lawyer of over 25 years’ experience made his position clear at a media round table in Lagos on Validation Meeting of the Centre for Information Technology and Development, CITAD’s …

Senate Summons Adebayo Over N15bn In Private Firm Accounts

October 31, 2019 0

The Senate on Thursday summoned the Minister of Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, and the Acting, Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, Terhembe Nongo, over N15 billion allocated to a private company in the ministry’s budget.

Unbudgetted Spending: National Assembly Warns Minister, Revenue-Generating Agencies

September 16, 2019 0

The National Assembly has warned the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, and heads of all Federal Government revenue-generating agencies against engaging in unauthorised spending of revenues without the approval of the federal lawmakers as required by law.

Nigeria’s Senate Seeks Return Of Budget Cycle To Jan-Dec

July 31, 2019 0

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan said on Tuesday that the desire of the ninth Senate and indeed the National Assembly is to have the budget cycle return to January to December.