Tag: Lawmakers
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SERAP visits Saraki over lawmakers’ ‘N3bn yearly pay’
Representatives from Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) will today (Thursday 21 September 2017) visit the National Assembly to meet with the Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki to discuss issues relating to details of annual salaries and allowances of lawmakers. “We are pleased to accept the invitation from the Senate President to visit the National…
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Corruption: Arrest lawmakers ignoring your invitation, Sagay tells EFCC, Magu
Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest any lawmaker that refused to honour its invitation. He insisted that the National Assembly must recognise EFCC as an institution and that no law says an arrest warrant must be sent to…
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My disagreement with lawmakers is not about sharing national cake – Fashola
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday, advised Nigerians not to misconstrue his disagreement with the House of Representatives over his ministry’s budget, saying the debate focuses on how to develop Nigeria and not about sharing the national cake. The minister who made the clarification, while fielding questions from State House correspondents,…
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Kidnapping: Lawmakers go invisible, dump official vehicles, plate numbers
Due to the rising cases of high profile kidnapping cases and the subsequent request for huge ransome by kidnappers in the country, some lawmakers have decided to stop the use of their official vehicles and number plates for fear of being identified and kidnapped. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the decision is coming after a lawmaker from…
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Increase salaries of Lagos monarchs, lawmakers tell Ambode
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday called for an upward review of salaries of traditional rulers in the state. The House made the call in its resolution after adopting a motion for “the Upward Review of Traditional Rulers’ Remuneration and the Use of Yoruba Language as a Medium of Communication at Palace and…
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Labour Party Lawmakers in Delta dump party, decamp to PDP
Two legislators of the Labour Party at the Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Peter Uviejitobor and Chief Evans Iwurie, have officially decamped to the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the lawmakers represent Udu and Ethiope East state constituencies respectively. Their letter of defection to PDP was read by…
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Lagos lawmakers promise more populist bills in 2017, to resume plenary Jan. 3
Ahead of the 2017 legislative year, Lagos lawmakers have renewed their pledge to enact more people-oriented laws to promote good governance and accelerated development in the state. To this end, the assemblymen said they would hit the ground running when they resume plenary on Jan. 3. They spoke with newsmen on the sidelines of a…
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APC lawmakers will match into Rivers Assembly if they are not sworn-in – Sen. Abe
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has threatened that the law makers elected on the platform of its party will match into the Rivers State House of Assembly to participate in the deliberations of the House. Disclosing this to newsmen in Port Harcourt, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, the Senator representing Rivers South East…