The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme of the federal government six months after President Bola Tinubu suspended the scheme. The decision to probe the scheme followed the adoption of a motion moved by Muktar Zakari (APC, Kaduna) during Thursday’s plenary session. The House mandated its Committees … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to consider an executive bill seeking the review of salaries, allowances and official benefits of judicial officers. The president’s request was contained in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during the plenary on Wednesday. The executive bill is titled “Judicial office holders, salaries and allowances, … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has sent a bill seeking to amend the salaries of judicial officers to the House of Representatives for consideration. This was contained in a correspondence from the president to the House read by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen during plenary on Tuesday. The Executive Bill is titled: ‘A Bill for an Act to prescribe … Read more
The House of Representatives has summoned the major cement manufacturers over the spike in the price of the product in the country. The summon followed a motion jointly moved by Gaza Gbefwi (SDP, Nasarawa) and Ademorin Kuye (APC, Lagos), during plenary on Wednesday. The manufacturers are to appear before the entire House to brief the … Read more
The House of Representatives has resolved to probe the utilisation of funds allocated to states through the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). This resolution was a motion of urgent public importance moved by Ademorin Kuye (APC, Lagos) on Wednesday during plenary. It is unclear how the lawmakers plan to embark on this probe, considering state … Read more
Amnesty International has urged Nigerian lawmakers to reject the bill seeking to regulate the activities of non-governmental organizations in Nigeria. The organization, in a post on X, formally known as Twitter, on Friday, described the legislation, sponsored by Sada Soli (Katsina, APC), as dangerous and oppressive, and promised to vigorously oppose the bill. Amnesty stated … Read more
