Tag: Senate President
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Buhari, governors, others hail Senate President at 61
President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the successes so far recorded by the Ninth Senate to the maturity of Senate President Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the President felicitated with him on his 61st birthday anniversary. President Buhari said Lawan’s discipline and…
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Lawan: Setting new heights with the ‘Midas touch’
By Ezrel Tabiowo Since assuming office as President of the Senate on June 11, 2019, Senator Ahmad Lawan has practically demonstrated at intervals that he possesses the grit to take the Ninth National Assembly to record-breaking heights under his leadership. Without a doubt, his long years of stewardship as a lawmaker from his days in…
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Political bigwigs storm Kano for wedding of Senate President’s son
The bigwigs in Nigeria’s politics, top brass in government and captains of industry converged on the ancient city of Kano on Friday for the Wedding Fatiah of the first son of Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, the President of the Senate and his bride Amani. Amani is the daughter of a business man, Alhaji Bala Umar,…
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Senate President denies shutting out press from legislative business
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan said on Monday that it was share misrepresentation of fact to say that journalists were not allowed to cover the budget defence sessions going on at the National Assembly. Lawan was reacting to report published in some dailies last week that the media were shut out of the…
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Senate President wants legislation for budget cycle
…calls for amendment of Public Procurement Act 2007 President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has underscored the need to have a budget reform that will include a law on timeliness in budget passing. “We can reform our budget cycle if there is a law on timeliness for budget passing,” Lawan said late Thursday in…
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Senate President leads FG delegation to AFCON 2019, with Dalung, 9 others as members
President Muhammadu Buhari has picked the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, as leader of the Federal Government delegation to the ongoing 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals in Egypt. Also on the delegation are the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss…
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Political Appointments: Senate President under APC siege
It is now apparent from events unfolding in the Senate that the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan is under the siege of the all ruling All Progressives Congress, APC over his choice of political appointees. TNG investigations on Monday revealed that immediately the Senate president yielded under pressure to rescind the appointment of Festus Adebayo as…
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Senate president’s aide on new media resigns
The Special Assistant on New Media to the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, Mr. Olu Onemola, has resigned his appointment. This is contained in a statement by the Special Assistant to the Senate President on Media and Publicity, Mohammed Isa. Mr. Onemola was also Special Assistant on Social Media to former Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The…
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Presidency must shift to Southwest in 2023 – Senate President
Senate President Ahmed Lawan says power shift to the South-west in 2023 is the best honour that can be bestowed on the late Chief MKO Abiola. Lawan stated this in Yola, Adamawa State, in an interview with journalists. He, therefore, advised President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the APC, to take a step further by…