Tag: House of Reps
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Video: Watch moment HoR opposition Reps protest over tilted voting process
Members of the opposition the House of Representatives on Wednesday staged a walkout from plenary over what they perceived as a tilted voting process. Confusion started when the lawmakers voted for 2percent interest on Ways and Means Bill and the presiding officer deputy speaker, Hon Ben Kalu endorsed the nays when the Ayes had it.…
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Rising price of cement: Reps probe Dangote, Lafarge
The Joint Committee of the House of Representatives investigating arbitrary rise of cement price in the country, has asked major producers in the industry to tender documents on cost production to justify the price of cement in the market.
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Reps back N500bn allocation to housing ministry
The House Committee on Housing and Habitat said, increasing the budgetary allocation of the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development to N500 billion would reduce housing deficit in Nigeria.
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BREAKING: House of Reps slash salaries by 50% over nationwide hunger
The members of the House of Representatives have agreed to slash their salaries by 50 percent for six months as part of their solidarity and support to address the widespread hunger across the country. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the move by the reps is followed the adoption of an amendment to a motion’s prayer moved by the…
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Reps urge FG to revoke East-West road contract
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Works to revoke the contract for the construction of the flooded East-West Road awarded to Rock Result Nigeria Limited.
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Reps fix date to hold public hearing on Oronsaye report
The House of Representatives has called on all stakeholders to submit memoranda for consideration on the ongoing process of restructuring government agencies by the house.
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MTN, Airtel, others in fresh trouble with Reps
The House of Representatives Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility (SCR) has resolved to sanction MTN, Airtel, and other companies for failing to perform their Corporate Social Responsibilities.
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Reps move to suspend Cttee chairman over politicisation of oversight function
The House of Representatives is set to suspend Rep. Ikenga Ugochinyere, the Chairman House Committee on Petroleum DownStream over politicisation of oversight function in Rivers State. Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau), while moving a motion of personal
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Reps differ over labour’s approach to indefinite strike
The House of Representatives has demanded a living wage for Nigerian workers rather than the Federal Government’s proposed minimum wage.
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House of Reps reacts to Heritage bank’s licence revocation
The House of Representatives says it is aware of the recent revocation of the license of Heritage Bank (under liquidation) by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the appointment of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) as the liquidators, in accordance with the provisions of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA).