Tag: Dogara
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Party primaries: Dogara advocates option A4, independent candidacy
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara has called for the adoption of direct voting method where all card carrying members of political parties are allowed to choose candidates who will represent their parties in elections. The Speaker said this on Thursday, while responding to a request from a delegation from the Conference…
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2018 Census: No going back on preparations, NPC tells Dogara
The Chairman of the National Population Commission, NPC, Eze Duruiheoma, has said despite calls in some quarters for a postponement of the proposed 2018 census, the Commission will go ahead with scheduled plans. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Duruiheoma was reacting to calls by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara to postpone the census…
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Saraki, Dogara, others mourn Senator Adeleke
The leaders of the National Assembly, Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara have expressed shock over the sudden passing away of the first civilian governor of Osun State and a two-term serving Senator, Isiaka Adeleke. Saraki, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media…
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What gives me sleepless nights as Speaker – Dogara
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has revealed that his determination to do things better and achieve a more successful legislative tenure than previous leaderships of the House is one of his greatest nightmares. Dogara noted that if there was anything he remains greatful to God for, it is the fact…
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West Africa loses $1.3bn to Illegal fishing activities yearly – Dogara
….Says maritime sector key to Nigeria’s economic revival ….Pledges commitment to passing suppression of piracy and other unlawful Acts at Sea Bill The Speaker of the House of Representatives , Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has expressed dismay that Illegal Unreported and Unregulated ( IUU ) fishing leads to an annual loss of over 1.3 billion dollars…
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Intensify efforts at releasing other Chibok girls, Dogara charges Buhari, security agencies
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has asked the Executive not to give in but rather intensify rescue efforts for the abducted Chibok schoolgirls. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media & Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan, in Abuja on Friday, to mark three years of abduction of the girls…
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Dogara, El-Rufai and security vote – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene Speaker Yakubu Dogara meant it as a joke. When he dared Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, to remove the log in his own eye by publishing the state’s security vote and how local government funds were disbursed, Dogara was sure it would be over the governor’s dead body. The graveyard of Nigerian politics…
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‘If your pay slip is authentic, I earn more than you’ Jibrin lampoons Dogara
A former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on appropriation, Honourable Abdulmumin Jibrin has reacted to the release of the monthly pay slip by Speaker Honourable Yakubu Dogara. Dogara on Tuesday following a challenge by Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai released his monthly earnings. But reacting to the speaker’s pay slip release, Jibrin in a…
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Dogara replies El-Rufai, releases 6 months pay slip
The face-off between the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara and the Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai is far from nearing its end as the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Publicity, Hon. Abdulrazak Namdas on Tuesday (today) in Abuja issued a strong worded release asking Mallam El-Rufai to face…
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‘Publish your security votes, LG funds’, Dogara tells governors
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has challenged Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna State, to extend his campaign for transparency in the budget of the National Assembly to other arms of government including how governors spend their security votes. Speaking while closing a retreat for management of the National Assembly in Kaduna…