Following the outcome of last Saturday’s supplementary elections, swelling the number of the elected members of opposition parties in the 10th House of Representatives to 182, one vote more than the statutory benchmark 181 votes required to elect a speaker, the opposition caucus has resolved to clinch the coveted position. …
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MEMBERS-elect of the House of Representatives are launching another alliance soon, ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly in June. The PUNCH reliably gathered on Wednesday that the group of members-elect, who were drawn from across party lines, would be known as ‘The 10th Assembly Pathfinders.’ The Pathfinders group …
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THE House of Representatives has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to prevent the trial of Justices and judges before the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The legislation is from the harmonisation of proposals from seven members, namely Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, Solomon Bob, Obinna Chidoka, Nicholas Ossai, Olajide Olatubosun, Ben Igbakpa …
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The House of Representatives has resolved to intervene in the ongoing dispute between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government. Rep. Muhammad Wudil, Chairman, House Committee on Labour, said this when he and other house members received the protesting Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliate …
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House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has kicked against extra budgetary spending by National Environmental Standard and Regulations Agency (NEREA) in 2019 which amounted to N1.25billion without following due process of appropriation, describing it as illegal and total violation of the law of the land. The committee, therefore, resolved …
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The house of representatives has resolved to investigate “petroleum products subsidy regime” in the country. Speaker of the house, Femi Gbajabiamila is scheduled to name members of the ad hoc committee which is expected to probe the “petroleum product subsidy regime” from 2017 to 2021 on Thursday. The resolution was …
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday invited the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed; the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu; and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele to brief it on efforts to reestablish the Education Bank in Nigeria. The resolution followed the adoption of a …
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The House of Representatives has reached a consensus to formulate a legislative framework for the establishment of State Police in the 1999 Constitution (as amended). The resolution is consequent upon the adoption of a motion of urgent national importance on the killing of innocent Worshippers in Owo, Ondo State, sponsored by …
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To enable more eligible Nigerians to register and get their Permanent Voter Card and participate in the 2023 general elections, the House of Representatives has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to extend the June 30, 2022, deadline for voter registration by 60 days. After the adoption of a motion …
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Umar Muda, a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, has presented legislation to make cross-dressing illegal in the country. On Tuesday, the bill was read aloud on the House floor. It proposes to outlaw cross-dressing, with the exception of individuals who do it for amusement purposes. Recently, certain crossdressers …
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