Tag: Gbajabiamila
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Workers’ Day: Gbajabiamila salutes Nigerian workers, tasks them on productivity
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has congratulated the Nigerian workers for marking this year’s International Workers’ Day. Gbajabiamila said although the day is being marked quietly across the globe as a result of the lockdown necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, there is much to remember about the sacrifices made by…
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Maltreatment of Nigerians in China amicably resolved – Gbajabiamila
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the maltreatment of Nigerians in China has been resolved between both countries. The Speaker announced on his official twitter handle that the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria has communicated his finding on the issue and expressed hope that future communication will be swift. The Speaker said:…
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Photos: Speaker Gbajabiamila visits Lagos explosion site
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Monday visited the scene of the Abule Ado explosion, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. A huge crowd welcomed the Speaker to the scene of the tragedy. Gbajabiamila at the scene of Abule Ado explosion. Photo: Efunla Ayodele Gbajabiamila at the scene of Abule Ado explosion. Photo: Efunla Ayodele…
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Gbajabiamila sympathises with victims of Lagos explosion
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has expressed sadness over the pipeline explosion in Abule Ado, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, on Sunday. In a statement, Gbajabiamila, who represent Surulere 1 Federal Constituency of Lagos State, commisserated with the victims of the explosion. The Speaker called for calm…
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Almajiri Debate: Gbajabiamila seeks amendment to NYSC Act
By Emman Ovuakporie Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Hakeem Gbajabiamila has advocated that willing youth corpers should be accommodated as teachers. To this end, the speaker seeks an amendment to the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC to accommodate willing corpers to be teachers. The speaker made this advocacy at the ongoing special…
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Nigeria loses 400,000 barrel of crude oil daily – Speaker, Gbajabiamila
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila said on Tuesday that the nation is losing about 400,000 barrel of crude oil daily to crude oil theft. The Speaker, who said this at a public hearing on crude oil theft, explained that money from crude oil stolen from the country would have been appropriated and…
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Ma Gbajabiamila’s 90 Birthday Bash in Dubai : Points of Order Mr. Speaker – Ikeddy Isiguzo
By Ikeddy ISIGUZO ORDINARILY, there is nothing wrong about Olufemi Hakeem Gbajabiamila celebrating birthdays wherever he pleases, but Femi Gbajabiamila, as he is more famously know, is the Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, the fourth in the nation’s power ordering, and a Member of the House of Representatives since 2003. In that stretch he…
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Nigerians in Diaspora can’t vote until we amend the Constitution – Gbajabiamila
Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, says that constitutional amendment is needed before Nigerians in diaspora can be allowed to vote. Gbajabiamila said this at the Diaspora Voting Stakeholders Workshop in Abuja. He said that millions of Nigerians, who resided outside the country, had as much a stake in the present and…
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Help us defeat Boko Haram, Gbajabiamila begs US
The speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabimila, yesterday in Abuja asked the United States Government to assist Nigeria to defeat insurgency and other security challenges affecting the country. Gbajabiamila, while receiving the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, asked: “What is America doing to assist Nigeria defeat insurgency? Is the outcome of the…
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Insecurity: Lawan, Gbajabiamila beg Buhari to increase funding for Nigeria police
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to increase funding of the Nigeria Police Force. The two presiding officers of the National Assembly disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists at the State House, Abuja, on the outcome of the meeting with…