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Professor Pat Utomi has blasted the National Assembly for endorsing President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of State of Emergency in Rivers State, saying Nigeria does not have democracy anymore. The professor of political economy said the Senate and House of Representatives’ endorsement was an insult to Nigerians. Recall that President Tinubu recently declared a state of …
The two chambers of the National Assembly, yesterday, approved President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State which resulted in the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy and other elected officials for six months, and the appointment of a sole administrator by a voice vote. This is contrary to Section …
ABUJA — PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has commended the National Assembly for “its decisive and patriotic ratification of the State of Emergency proclamation in Rivers State”, a critical step to restoring stability after a protracted political crisis that paralysed governance in the state and endangered national economic security for over 15 months. The President specifically commended …
ABUJA—There are moves by the National Assembly to amend the 2022 Electoral Act to allow statutory delegates to participate in party primaries. President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who disclosed this in an audience with the national leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Abuja yesterday, assured that statutory delegates would participate in …
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Wednesday stormed the National Assembly amid protests by her supporters demanding Senate President Godswill Akpabio’s resignation, as well as a counter-protest by pro-Akpabio demonstrators. The senator representing Kogi Central had recently accused Akpabio of sexually harassing her during a visit to his residence in December 2023 and again when she sought …
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture, NACCIMA, and the Organized Private Sector of Nigeria, OPSN, have called on the National Assembly, NASS, to remove sections of the Nigeria Tax Bill 2024 that imposed new tax burdens on Free Trade Zones, FTZs. In its memorandum to NASS, containing observations and recommendations …
Abuja—The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has prayed the National Assembly to do all within its capacity to protect the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, from being abrogated under the Nigeria Tax Bill 2024. The union said it was deeply concerned about TETFund because the agency remained a positive testament to its constructive engagements …
The Nigerian Cancer Society, NCS, has called on the National Assembly to appropriate N25 billion for the transition of the National Cancer Health to a Catastrophic Health Insurance Fund. Furthermore, NCS implored the National Assembly and the Federal Government to appropriate additional funds to close N97.2 billion funding gag in the National Oncology Initiative. On the …