Tag: Legislature
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Saraki seeks closer partnership between Executive, Legislature
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday, called for closer partnership between the executive and legislative arms to ensure effective governance in the country. Saraki who made the call in his speech at the opening session of the 1st National Assembly Open Week (NASSOW) in Abuja, according to a statement by his…
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Taraba presents 2018 budget proposal of N96.5bn to legislature
Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba on Thursday presented a budget proposal of N96.5 billion to the state legislature for 2018 fiscal year. While laying the estimates before the legislators in Jalingo, Ishaku explained that the budget proposal was about 12 per cent lower than the estimate for 2017 when the state budgeted N110.1 billion. He…
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Dogara to speak on Legislature and deepening democracy in Nigeria
As part of showcasing the critical and stabilising role the Legislature plays in democratic consolidation in Nigeria and imparting such knowledge on the younger generation to prepare them for leadership roles in the future, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, will deliver a lecture on the legislature’s role in deepening democracy in…
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2017 Budget: You can’t play both legislative, executive functions, Sagay blasts NASS
…Says NASS members sees public funds as their ‘share of national cake’ The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), on Sunday, blasted the National Assembly for daring to combine their roles as legislators with that of the executive. Sagay queried the power of the National Assembly to insert projects into the…
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Just in: Senate to probe Buhari’s $1b Ogoni land cleanup
The Senate on Tuesday initiated moves to probe the President Muhamadu Buhari’s Ogoni land cleanup as the legislature directed its committee on environment to investigate the implementation of the cleanup. The exercise was launched by President Muhamadu Buhari in 2016 with an estimated cost of $1 billion. The decision of the Senate followed a motion…
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Nigerians ignorant of legislature’s role in nation building – Dogara
In spite of the country’s 18 unbroken years of democracy, the Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, said on Saturday in Kabba, Kogi, that many Nigerians were still ignorant of the role of the legislature as a vital arm of government. Dogara said the glaring ignorance on the part of many Nigerians had continued…
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Malami lacks understanding of legislature – Senate
The Senate, through its Chairman, Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator David Umaru, has reacted to remarks credited to the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abaubakar Malami, SAN, that the President is disappointed that the National Assembly has refused to pass bills. Senate said the AGF’s comment was made out of…
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Executive/Legislature face-off: Cardinal Okogie slams Nigerian leaders
Worried by the current face-off between the Executive and the Legislative arms of Federal Government, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, the Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, has urged the country’s leaders to put the interest of the citizenry above personal interests. Okogie said the executive and legislative arms should come together and work for…
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Saraki denies rift between executive, legislature, says I’m in constant touch with Buhari
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Sarakli on Monday denied speculations of rifts between the presidency and the senate, insisting that both arms were working together for the common good of the nation. Saraki made the denial via his Twitter handle @bukolasaraki. He said all reports of fight between the two arms of government were exaggerated, adding…
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Buhari fights corruption in legislature with ‘insecticides’, uses ‘deodorant’ for executive
Senator Shehu Sani (Kaduna Central Senatorial District, APC) has said President Buhari’s approach to fighting corruption at both the legislature and executive arms of government is biased. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Sani was reacting at the floor of the house to the president’s reaction on the Ad-hoc Committee’s report on Humanitarian crises in the Northeast (…