Tag: Lawmakers
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Senate President reveals salaries, running costs of lawmakers; says NASS grossly underfunded in last four years
The President of the Senate, Senator
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Trouble for President Akufo-Addo as parliament rejects 2022 Budget proposal, lawmakers stage walkout
Ghana’s parliament on Friday rejected the government’s 2022 budget proposal due to concerns over an electronic banking levy.
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Assembly suspends 2 Zamfara lawmakers for aiding banditry
The Zamfara House of Assembly has suspended two of its members, Yusuf Muhammad (APC-Anka) and Ibrahim Tukur (APC-Bakura) for allegedly aiding banditry in the state. This followed the adoption of a motion by Yusuf Kanoma (APC- Maru North) at Tuesday’s plenary in Gusau. Speaking on the motion, Kanoma urged the house to suspend the lawmakers…
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11 lawmakers dump APGA, PDP for APC in Anambra
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the People’s Democratic Party have suffered some setbacks in Anambra as they jointly lost 11 lawmakers to the All Progressives Congress. The defectors include: Mr Douglas Egbuna, Ebuchi Offor, Vincent Oguwelu, Ifeanyichukwu Ibezi, Emeka Anoku,Chris Emeka, Ifeanyi Monah, Ohwudili Ezenwa, Chinwe Nwaebili, Chuma Nzeribe and Emeka Azubogu. They…
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A house of opportunities – Udeme Nana
By UDEME NANA The other day, a 61-year-old lawyer and former Member of the House of Representatives, infact, the spokesman of the House in his time, walked into the monthly meeting of Uyo Book Club and shared the story of the life of his late father. Mr. Eseme Eyibo regaled Members of the intellectual hub…
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We need Berlin kind of walls on our borders to combat insecurity – Navy tells lawmakers
To combat the tide of insecurity and the proliferation of arms and ammunition in Nigeria, erecting the Berlin kind of wall between Nigeria
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Stop seeing, treating media like political opponent – Editors tell FG, lawmakers
Nigeria’s umbrella union of all editors, the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), has said the media industry is not a political opponent or enemy of the Federal Government. The guild said many of the political elite’s attacks on the media were not envisioned to win an argument on values – journalistic or legal – but…
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Amendment: Why lawmakers can’t alter all parts of current constitution – Omo-Agege
Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege has said contrary to popular opinion and expectations, lawmakers don’t have powers to alter all parts of the current constitution. The Delta lawmaker however urged all those agitating for a new constitution to mount pressure on their representatives at the National Assembly. Constitution amendment and review has been an issue…
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Drama as COAS refuses to apologise to lawmakers, says ‘my predecessors, not me should answer questions on arms purchase’
There was some tension between the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on arms and ammunition, and the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru following the investigation into arms purchase by the military. Things took a different turn when the Chief of Army Staff, refused to speak further on a document which he…
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PDP lifts suspension on Elumelu, six other lawmakers
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lifted the suspension placed on Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr Ndudi Elumelu and six other lawmakers in July 2019. PDP said this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Thursday in Abuja. Ologbondiyan named the six lawmakers to include Mr Wole…