Tag: Lawmakers
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How slash in lawmakers’ jumbo pay can reduce unemployment – Kukah
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, says no fewer than 76, 000 Nigerian youths stand the chance of getting gainfully employed if only members of the National Assembly can agree to a reduction of their salaries and allowances by half. Kukah made the projection on Friday while speaking at the 3rd annual…
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Ex-Speaker Charges Lawmakers to Stop MDAs Oversight Visitation
From Jonas Ike, Abuja Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon.Ghali Na’Abba has called on the lawmakers in the green chamber of the parliament to stop oversight visitation of Ministries Departments and Agencies MDAs they oversight. Na’Abba who spoke during the inauguration of the 104 Standing Committees of the House and five special committees…
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JUST IN: Tribunal sacks Osun Federal, State lawmakers
The Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Osogbo, on Monday, has nullified the election of Mr Bamidele Salam, who represents Ede Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. The three-man panel, headed by Justice Eyo Ita, in their unanimous judgment ordered a rerun in 12 units of the…
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JUST IN: Tension in Bauchi Assembly as APC, PDP lawmakers elect separate Speakers
A mild drama played out at the Bauchi State House of Assembly on Thursday when 11 members out of 31 elected a new speaker. According to reports, 11 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members convened at the House about 6 am to elect the new speaker unopposed without 20 other members of the opposition All Progressives…
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Ninth Assembly Elections: Oshiomhole threatens to sanction APC lawmakers who voted against party choices
The National chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole as said the party will appropriately sanction lawmakers who went against the party’s position on the election of the National Assembly leadership held on Tuesday. The party’s choice candidates for the four elective positions – Ahmed Lawan and Ovie Omo-Agege as Senate President…
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BREAKING: Six Imo lawmakers defect to PDP
Six lawmakers at the Imo State House of Assembly on Monday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party. The lawmakers announced their defections in a letter they addressed to the Speaker and read by the clerk of the House during plenary. Five of the lawmakers until their defection on Monday were members of the Action Alliance…
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JUST IN: Dickson rejects life pension bill for Bayelsa lawmakers
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has withdrawn his assent on controversial bill passed by state House of Assembly seeking life pension for lawmakers. Commissioner for Information, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, quoted Dickson as conveying the decision to decline assent to the bill in a letter to the Speaker of the Assembly, Kombowei Benson, on Monday. The…
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Reject life pension for Bayelsa lawmakers, SERAP tells Dickson
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State urging him to use his “good offices as trustee of the state’s resources, and consistent with your constitutional oath of office, to reject the proposed life pension bill by the leader of the House of Assembly Peter…
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APC kicks against life pension for Bayelsa lawmakers
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has kicked against a bill passed by the House of Assembly awarding life pensions to lawmakers. The party described the bill as unjust, ungodly and self-serving, saying it had set the public pulse racing. Publicity Secretary Doifie Buokoribo said it was unsympathetic for the lawmakers to seek…
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Ninth NASS: Ahead of Buhari’s dinner for lawmakers today
In 2015 nobody gave the incumbent Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki a chance of emerging because he was not anointed. Former governors in the Senate and sheer doggedness of Saraki and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP senators made it possible. The 2015 scenario seems to be rearing its head as June draws close. The three…