LEGISLATURE

The House of Representatives has commenced investigation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, and the Government of China on an optic fibre project worth $475m. At the plenary on Thursday, the…

The Senate on Thursday took up the Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (retd.), on the insertion of N11 billion in the proposed 2023 budget of the Defence Ministry. The Senate Committee on Defence uncovered the gap in the N11bn in the…

The National Assembly Service Commission has appointed the controversial Secretary of Finance and Accounts, Sani Tambuwal, as the acting Clerk of the National Assembly. Tambuwal’s appointment came after the former Clerk, Amos Ojo, went on compulsory retirement last Monday. According to the statement issued…

The Senate Public Accounts Committee (SPAC) has rejected documents submitted by the Nigerian Law Reform Commission (NLRC), which explained how the N756 million the Commission collected from the Service Wide Vote (SWV) was spent. The fund was meant to carry out the Revision…

Just as the floor of the Senate recovered from the heated argument on the Naira redesign policy, another drama ensued at the plenary on Wednesday when members of the ad hoc committee on oil theft disowned the report presented by its chairman,…

The House of Representatives adhoc committee investigating the Joint Venture (JV) businesses and Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has said that most oil  companies in Nigeria were operating without Certificate of Acceptance on Fixed Assets…

The Senate has commenced investigations into the 2021 and 2022 budgeting system used by the National Agency for the Control of Aids in preparing its annual budget. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Primary Health Care and Communicable Diseases, Senator Elisha Abbo, spoke on…

The National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) has asked the Clerk to the National Assembly, Olatunde Ojo, to proceed on his pre-retirement leave, effective November 14th, 2022. This is contained in a draft letter. The development was the outcome of a marathon meeting held by…

The Senate has shifted the resumption date of its plenary sessions from Tuesday November 15 to Wednesday, November 16, 2022. The shift in date of resumption as gathered may not be unconnected with the various standing Committees to complete the 2023 budget defence…