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By Orkula Shaagee, Abuja Members of the House of Representatives, yesterday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in the country’s power sector. The lawmakers took the decision following a motion of Urgent Public Importance by Nnolim Nnaji (PDP, Enugu) during the plenary. Nnolim, in the motion tagged, “Urgent
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The House of Representatives has directed National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration Control (NAFDAC) and the Federal Ministry of Health, to constantly monitor food vendors and processors across the country, to guard against highly toxic food processing practices.The House gave the directive, after adopting a motion of Urgent National Importance, moved by
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By Jude Opara, Abuja The Political crisis rocking Edo State took a new twist on Tuesday when a former Deputy Majority Whip of the House of Representatives, Hon Pally Iriase challenged Governor Godwin Obaseki to give account of how his administration spent about N250billion he collected as revenue in the
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By Orkula Shaagee, Abuja The House of Representatives committee on Finance, yesterday accused the Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) of under-remitting over N65billion between 2014-2019. The Chairman of the Committee, James Faleke, made the disclosure at an interactive meeting, which held in Abuja, National Assembly between the Committee on Finance
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By Orkula Shaagee, Abuja The House of Representatives, through its committee on Power has directed the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to suspend its planned electricity tariff increment. The electricity regulatory body had earlier announced planned hike which will take effect from April. The committee chaired by Aliyu Magaji made the announcement
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By Orkula Shaagee, Abuja A former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has declared support for a bill rejected by lawmakers yesterday. Abubakar, however, said by rejecting the bill, the lawmakers missed an opportunity to positively affect a change in our democratic order. “in view of the challenges facing our current democratic order, especially
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By Titus Harrison, Abuja The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has declared a member of the House of Representatives, Shehu Koko wanted. ICPC in a statement issued by its Director, Public Enlightenment, Rasheedat Okoduwa, said Koko, who represents Maiyama/Koko/Besse Federal Constituency, was declared wanted because he failed
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By Orkula Shaagee, Abuja The House of Representatives has intervened in the conflict between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the implementation of Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) policy.The decision followed a motion moved by Tajudeen Abass (APC, Kaduna) during yesterday plenary.Consequently,
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By Orkula Shaagee, Abuja The House of Representatives Committee on Public Account, yesterday asked the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to return N4.6 billion which represents two per cent of total tax collected in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to the FCT Inland Revenue Service (FCT-IRS). The chairman of the committee, Rep.
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By Orkula Shaagee, Abuja The House of Representatives, yesterday said there is no crack among members of the House of the green chambers as being circulated. Rep. Benjamin Kalu (APC, Abia), spokesman of the house, in a statement he issued yesterday in Abuja, urged the public to ignore reports in the media suggesting there is
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