Tag: Lawmakers
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2021 Budget: Lawmakers air mixed reactions after Buhari’s presentation
…It’s awkward to borrow to fund overhead expenditure-Rep Okechukwu …It’s another false narrative- Rep Tee Jay Yusuf …We should expect a fiscal deficit-Rep Faleke …Reps to suspend plenary over budget defence …NASS will never be used as a tool-House spokesman By Emman Ovuakporie Mixed reactions on Thursday trailed the 2021 Budget Estimates presented to the…
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I have no power to bring back un-inaugurated elected Edo lawmakers – Obaseki
Edo Gov. Godwin Obaseki has said that he had no power to bring back 14 state House of Assembly-elects yet to be inaugurated. Obaseki stated this in an interview with newsmen when he paid a thank-you visit to the National Working Committee (NWC), of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Abuja on Monday. Obaseki said…
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17 lawmakers test positive for COVID-19
As many as 17 Indian Members of Parliament (MPs) tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, the first day of the 18-day Monsoon Session of the Indian parliament. Among the infected MPs, a maximum of 12 belonged to the country’s main ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), while the others belonged to other regional or…
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Ondo 2020: Akeredolu ‘peppers’ seven lawmakers loyal to deputy, excludes them from car gifts
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu may have devised another way to get back at the seven lawmakers who opposed the impeachment of the Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi. According to reports, Akeredolu last week appreciated the 19 out of the 26 lawmakers with the 2020 model SUV KIA Sportage deliberately leaving out Ajayi’s loyal seven. According…
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Thugs invade Ondo Assembly as court quashes suspension of four lawmakers
Suspected thugs have invaded the premises of the Ondo State House of Assembly following a court ruling that quashed the suspension of four lawmakers. Those whose suspension were lifted are; Deputy Speaker, Hon. Ogundeji Iroju, the only woman in the House, Mrs. Favour Tomomowo, Hon Wale Williams and Hon Tomide Akinribido. They were among the…
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Edo 2020: Why federal lawmakers snub Obaseki, pitch tent with Ize-Iyamu
By Emman Ovuakporie More facts emerged on Wednesday as to why Edo Federal Lawmakers in the upper legislative Chambers shunned Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki and pitched tent with the All Progressives Congress, APC Guber candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reliably gathered that Obaseki deliberately kept the lawmakers in the dark about his defection…
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Court reinstates suspended Ondo lawmakers, awards N5m damages
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital on Friday quashed the suspension of four members of the state House of Assembly who refused to sign the impeachment notice of the state deputy governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi. The lawmakers including the Deputy Speaker, Ogundeji Iroju, Mrs. Favour Tomomowo, Wale Williams and Tomide…
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Wike presents 15 Prado Jeeps to National Assembly members
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has presented 15 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado VX and TXL to lawmakers representing the State at the National Assembly and urged them to defend the interest of the State fearlessly. He has therefore advised them to resist distraction, remain united and consult the party regularly. Wike gave the charge…
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774,000 jobs: Reps reject slots, urge Buhari to review implementation process
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in House of Representatives have rejected the slots allocated to them in the ongoing recruitment of 774,000 artisan youths for public works jobs. President Muhammadu Buhari initiated the programme to keep some of the unemployed busy doing public works for three months, beginning from October. One thousand people are to…
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[TNG Analysis] NDDC Probe: It’s season of denials as lawmakers claim innocence
…Senators Manager, Uroghide, Nwaoboshi absolve selves …Urhobos, Ijaws, Itsekiris demand scrapping of IMC …Buhari remains unusually silent By Emman Ovuakporie Since the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio secretly revealed the names of lawmakers allegedly involved in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC contract scams it has been a season of denials. TheNewsGuru.com,…