The National Assembly on Monday at a special plenary session passed the 2021 Budget totalling N13.588 trillion, N505 billion higher than the proposed figures presented by President Muhammadu Buhari. The President had on October 5, 2020 submitted a budget termed ‘budget of economic recovery and resilience’ of N13.082 trillion to a joint session of the…
The 9th National Assembly has postponed its date of resumption from its recess by two weeks. This was made known by the Acting Clerk to the National Assembly, Ojo Olatunde Amos, on Friday. He said the resumption has been rescheduled to 29th September. The lawmakers adjourned plenary sessions in July to embark on the…
The Nigerian Senate has called on Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, to tender his resignation over the controversial Lagos-Calabar rail project. In a statement issued on Monday by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, the upper chamber of the National Assembly also fumed at the way the executive…
There is currently a move by the National Assembly to scrap the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR; the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency, PPPRA; and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Leadership reports. This will be done through the new version of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, and the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill, PIGB.…
The Kogi State House of Assembly has been taken over by the National Assembly. This followed the agreement of the Senate on Thursday with the House of Representatives’ resolutions on the report of the delegation to Kogi State on the illegal removal of its Speaker. The takeover is due to crisis rocking the Kogi Assembly.…
A last minute flaw has been detected in the 2016 Appropriation Bill, which might dent a huge blow on its planned passage on March 17, 2016 (today). According to reports, the National Assembly found out that the budget has about 25 fresh errors. Also, about N37 billion Items would have to be removed from the…
A public hearing on Frivolous Petition Bill has been organised by the Nigerian Senate. The bill is also fondly referred to as the Social Media Bill. The upper chamber of the National Assembly put up the public hearing to engage different stakeholders in debating and making clarification concerning the Bill. The hearing, Aproko247 learnt, is…
President Muhammadu Buhari finally met with leadership of the National Assembly, NASS, at the State House in Abuja. The meeting, which was held behind closed-door on Wednesday night, was attended by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo; Senate President, Bukola Saraki; and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. It was also attended by some lawmakers…
police# The Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has ordered the arrest of Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, Aproko247 has learnt. This followed the unrest that erupted at the National Assembly complex on Thursday morning, when the police prevented some lawmakers from gaining access into the parliament. Due to the blockade, some…
Three Senators and seven out of the nine members of the House of Representatives from Ogun State have submitted their letters of defection to the National Assembly, NASS. Addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, Senator Gbenga Kaka, who is the Chairman of Ogun State lawmakers in NASS, explained that the federal lawmakers from the state…