Tag: NASS Leadership
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BREAKING! Organised labour to go ahead with strike despite meeting with NASS leadership
Organised labour in Nigeria said on Sunday, they will push ahead with a planned indefinite strike over the new minimum wage, despite last-ditch efforts by the National Assembly leadership to avert the action. But the labour unions said they would meet to discuss the National Assembly leadership’s appeal to suspend the strike and allow for…
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‘This is why they call us rubber stamp’; APC Senator blasts NASS leadership for approving Buhari’s multiple loan requests without asking questions
The Chairman Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume has chided the leadership of the National Assembly for rushing to approve President Muhammadu Buhari’s loan requests without carrying out due diligence Andy asking questions where necessary.
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PIB: Clark writes NASS leadership, demands immediate reversal of 3 percent for oil producing states to 10 percent
…says you have further shown your disdain to the Niger Delta people …by redefining host communities to include pipeline-bearing pathway communities …Lawan, is indeed a great obstacle to the smooth running of Nigeria By Emman Ovuakporie Chief Edwin Clark, elder statesman and the leader of the South South region of Nigeria has written a letter…
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Lawmakers’ Emoluments: Declare our account public for all Nigerians to see – PDP Rep tells NASS leadership
By Emman Ovuakporie A member of the House of Representatives, Hon Rimamande Kwewum Shawhulu (PDP, Taraba) on Friday advised the National Assembly leadership to declare the account of the legislature public. Shawhulu made this declaration in a chat with TheNewsGuru.com, TNG when asked about the true emoluments of Federal lawmakers in Nigeria. The Taraba born…
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Planned Hike In Electricity Tariffs: NASS leadership says No!
Disturbed by the economic hardship an increase in electricity tariffs will cause, leadership of the National Assembly on Monday waded into the controversy and declared that it will be out of place to carry out such an exercise this period. In a meeting with all the critical stakeholders on the planned hike in electricity tariffs…
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NASS leadership: APC treads familiar path, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon The media have been awash with a potential “second” bumpy ride by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to get its “anointed candidates” elected into the principal offices in the Senate of the National Assembly, where it has a comfortable majority in both Chambers. Considering the 2015 fiasco, can’t the party avoid a…
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Why Buhari will not interfere with emergence of next NASS leadership – Presidency
The Presidency has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will not interfere with the process of electing the next crop of leadership of the incoming National Assembly. Rather, the President will stick to the rule of law and the operative principle of separation of powers in the affairs of the National Assembly. The Senior Special Assistant…