Health The House of Representatives has decried the poor funding of the health sector, and declared that the funding gap was hurting effectively service delivery. The lawmakers’ position was conveyed by Mr Tanko Sununu, Chairman, House Committee on Health Services, who led other members on an oversight visit to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control … Read more
Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila says the House will reconvene plenary to address youth-related bills The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila says the House will reconvene plenary to address youth-related bills next week. Gbajabiamila made the announcement on Saturday in Abuja, at a national strategy retreat organised by the Young Parliamentarians Forum (YPF) … Read more
A member of the All Progressives Congress representing Dawakin Tofa/Tofa and Rimin Gado Federal Constituency in Kano State, Tijjani Abdulkadir Jobe, was allegedly attacked by angry youths in his constituency. According Sahara Reporters, the youths reportedly attacked Jobe after accusing him of not delivering the dividends of democracy to them. The alleged incident happened on … Read more
Constitution The House of Representatives has inaugurated a special committee to be chaired by the Deputy Speaker, Rep. Ahmed Wase, to review the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Speaking at the ceremony on Thursday in Abuja, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo, said that the 9th House of Representatives had continued to … Read more
Nigeria lower legislative chamber, house of representatives has withdrawn the water resources bill after its passage. Withdrawal of the bill is not unconnected with criticisms and outrage that characterised its passage. Speaker of the house, Femi Gbajabiamila, who announced the development at Tuesday’s plenary, said it would be revisited on a later date for “proper” … Read more
Outrage over bill spurred by hatred for this government – Lawmaker In spite of the pervasive outrage that greeted the reintroduction of the water control bill, the lower legislative chamber, house of representatives, is adamant on the passage of the bill into law. A member of the house of representatives from Katsina state, Sada Soli, … Read more
The leadership of the House of Representatives have intended to create new rules in a move to prevent the recurrence of the embarrassment caused by the recent and ongoing activities of its panels. Ekohotblog gathered that the House will get new rules, modalities and terms of reference when the National Assembly resumes. It was gathered … Read more
The House of Representatives is set to petition President Muhammadu Buhari over the refusal of some agencies of government to appear before its Committee on Public Account to answer questions over financial irregularities traced to them or clarify some records provided by other agencies. The House Committee on Public Account is particularly not happy with … Read more
MD of NEDC colluded with minister to withdraw funds illegally – Elumelu MD did not follow procurement law in awarding contracts The house of representatives on Thursday said it had directed it committee on North-East Development Commission (NEDC) to investigate alleged grand larceny in the commission. Minority speaker of the house, Ndidi Elumelu had moved … Read more
Former acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Joy Nunieh, is appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on NDDC at the ongoing investigative hearing as a witness on the alleged illegal expenditure and mismanagement by the commission. Recall that the investigation of the NDDC got rough on Thursday, 16 July 2020 as … Read more
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the sudden resignation of 365 soldiers from the Nigerian Army. The House took this resolution after adopting a motion moved by the Chief Whip, Mohammed Monguno, and co-sponsored by Deputy Whip, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha; Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu; and Deputy Minority Leader, Toby Okechukwu at the plenary on … Read more
Ms.Temitope Ariwolo, a 31-year-old female Nigerian, who was abused by her employers in Lebanon with other stranded Nigerians have arrived Abuja this afternoon. Temitope Arowole who expressed delight for returning to Nigeria described Lebanon as hell. She urged other Nigerians who are hoping to seek greener pastures abroad to reconsider their decisions. Temitope added that … Read more
The House of Representatives thursday called for the completion of 7,000 megawatt electricity project agreement entered into by the Federal Government and the German company, Siemens. The call was made at the end of the two-day investigative hearing conducted by the House Adhoc Committee on Power Sector Reform. Read Also: Nigerian Detainees In Lebanon To … Read more
There was mild drama at the lower legislative chamber on Thursday when Lebanese ambassador to Nigeria, Houssam Diab, walked out on house of representatives committee members on diaspora affairs. The ambassador arrived at the meeting venue around 11 am, but met journalists and some other government officials, including Zubairu Dada, minister of state for foreign … Read more
The Nigerian House Representative has called for the assessment and investigation into movable and immovable assets of Nigerian agencies for effective management and accountability The House has therefore set up an Ad-hoc Committee to evaluate all such assets from 2002 to 2020 and recommend adequate processes with an adequate legislative framework that will ensure the … Read more
….As PermSec Clarifies, Assures Panel Of Full Cooperation The House of Representatives’ Public Accounts Committee, on Friday set up a sub-committee to verify information provided by the Federal Ministry of Finance in response to audit queries regarding N161.988 million expenditure on contract awards and cash advances to officials for staff sporting events between 2015 and … Read more
Nigerian House of Representatives has resolved to urge the Federal Ministry of Health to partner with the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and other relevant stakeholders and development partners to harness a multi-sectoral effort to improve cancer care in Nigeria. The House also called for the establishment of stand-alone standard comprehensive cancer centres in each of … Read more
A member of the House of Representatives from Oyo state, Adedeji Stanley Olajide on Friday threw caution to the wind and assumed the status of a bouncer chasing journalists out of a public hearing at the National Assembly, Abuja. The lawmaker who represents Ibadan south west/north west federal constituency displayed the “garage mentality ” Friday … Read more
…NSA gets N36.4bn to construct dam …N31.3bn paid into political appointee …N2.8bn approved for hand sanitizers The House of Representatives on Tuesday quizzed the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Ahmed Idris over extra-budgetary expenditure worth over N1.819 trillion in 2014 fiscal year. Worried by the response provided by the AGF to various queries issued … Read more
The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has ordered the Speaker and the Clerk of the House of Representatives to release all relevant contract documents relating to the purchase of 400 Toyota Camry 2020 Model cars for it’s members to a human rights group, Kingdom Human Rights International. Also to comply with the order … Read more