Tag: Gbajabiamila
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Ninth NASS 'll be gender sensitive – Gbajabiamila
From Jonas Ike, Abuja Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has said that the 9th National Assembly would be sensitive to the issues of gender and ensure more women participation in politics. Speaking at the 100 Women Lobby Group’s Roundtable in Abuja, Gbajabiamila said there is need to change the nomenclature…
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Security Challenges: Speaker Gbajabiamila visits Zamfara on Sunday
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila will on Sunday July 14, 2019 visit Zamfara State as part of his efforts to assess security challenges in some states across the country. During the visit, the Speaker is expected to travel to some specific Local Government Areas in the state that are…
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Gbajabiamila appoints Media Team
The Speaker of the House of Representative, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has appointed Mr Olanrewaju Lasisi, as his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity. In a statement on Thursday in Abuja, Gbajabiamila said that the appointment along with five others is with immediate effect. Until this appointment, Lasisi, 46, was the parliamentary correspondent of Channels Television…
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Gbajabiamila's Chief of Staff loses father
The Chief of Staff to the Hon. Speaker of the House of Representatives and former Speaker,Zamfara State House of Assembly,Hon. Sanusi Rikiji has lost his father, Alhaji Garba Rikiji. He died at the age of 80. Alhaji Garba Rikiji, who until his death was a community leader ,philanthropist and an industrialist hailed from Gusau Local…
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Gbajabiamila advocates return to January-December Budget Cycle
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila yesterday on Sunday urged the Presidency to ensure the early submission of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, to allow for the early passage of the 2020 budget. Gbajabiamila, spoke during a courtesy visit by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr.…
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Court dismisses suit against Gbajabiamila’s election
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja has dismissed a suit filed against the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. The plaintiff, Phillip Undie had filed the suit on May 21, 2019, asking the court to sack Gbajabiamila as a member of the House of Representatives and disqualify him from contesting…
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Ninth NASS: PDP constitutes committee to ascertain roles played by members in emergence of Lawan, Gbajabiamila
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a fact-finding committee on the role played by some of its members at the election of the presiding officers of the National Assembly. The party disclosed this in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Monday…
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We’ll perform better than Saraki, Dogara’s eight assembly, Speaker Gbajabiamila boasts
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, on Sunday said Nigerians should expect better service delivery from the ninth National Assembly. Gbajabiamila gave the commitment in Lagos while speaking at a reception dinner organised for him by the state government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the dinner was attended…
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Ninth House: The Intrigues, Political Forces that led Gbajabiamila to victory
From Jonas Ike, Abuja There is no gainsaying that the election of the Senate President, Speaker, Deputy Senate President and Deputy Speaker of the two chambers of the National Assembly has come and gone with intrigues and permutations now laid to rest. With the emergence of Sen.Ahmed Lawan and Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as the third…
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Gbajabimila constitutes sub-committees, cancels victory party to focus on duties
Gbaja constitutes sub-committees, to visit constituencies ‘making the headlines’ Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, has constituted four sub-committees in the legislative chamber. Gbajabiamila constituted the committees on Thursday after the first session of the newly inaugurated house, before adjourning plenary till July 2. The committees including welfare, selection, media and publicity as…