Tag: Yakubu Dogara
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Dogara urges Buhari to assent bill mandating budget submission in September
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the constitutional amendment Bill which provides for early submission of budget proposals to the National Assembly by the President. Delivering a remark at the resumption of plenary on Tuesday, the Speaker said so long as the Bill is not…
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Democracy: African parliaments must stand up – Dogara
Speaker of the House of representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has stated that parliaments are the hope of saving the people from dictatorship, even as he called on African countries to invest more in building democracy and it’s institutions. Dogara stated this when he played host to a parliamentary delegation from Liberia, undertaking a study tour…
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Dogara tasks EFCC on better welfare package for staff
The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Yakubu Dogara, on Wednesday paid a working visit to the new head office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), describing it as ‘a dream come true’, while advocating for better welfare package for staff. Dogara, who stated this at the EFCC’s new office, said the huge…
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Dogara, House Leaders visit Melaye in National Hospital
Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Yakubu Dogara Tuesday led other leaders and members of the House to visit Senator Dino Melaye at the National Hospital Abuja. Hon. Dogara accompanied by his deputy Yusuff Lasun, Deputy Minority Leader Binta Bello and other members were received by former Speaker of the House Patricia Etteh, and…
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Dogara speaks on why House is investigating state of refineries
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara has restated that the House of Representatives is bent on ensuring that due process is followed in governance business, and will continue to insist that public investment be managed professionally and profitably. Hon Dogara stated this while speaking at a public hearing organised by the House…
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Speaker Dogara cautions against proliferation of government agencies
The Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has stressed the importance of enacting new legislation to aid the drive to modernise agriculture and turn the sector into a major foreign exchange earner for the country in the nearest future. Speaker Dogara, who said this while delivering an address at the two-day public hearing…
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House ready to pass minimum wage bill, says Dogara
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday in Abuja, says the House is ready to pass the minimum wage bill as legislature awaits the executive to forward the bill for upward review. Dogara, in a statement to mark 2018 Worker’s Day celebration, signed by his Special Adviser on Media and…
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Why House is probing Special Presidential Investigation Panel – Dogara
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has explained why the House is investigating the Special Presidential Investigation Panel to ascertain where it got the powers to investigate public officers as it is not listed among the agencies listed to discharge that function in the constitution. Dogara said while speaking at a public hearing…
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Dogara urges constituents to support NASS members for multiple terms
For legislators to represent optimally and influence development in their constituencies, the electorate must support them for multiple terms in the National Assembly, speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said. Speaking in Oko town, Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State, at the final funeral thanksgiving for Pa Sunday Akanji Odebunmi, the…
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UTME: IDP students record exceptional performance
Ohogua Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) students who wrote the recent Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) record an impressive performance according to results released by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Solomon Folunsho, the general overseer of International Christian Mission Centre and operator of the camp located in Benin City, Edo State, made this known…