The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the alleged theft of N20 billion belonging to state governments. The House, following the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by Ibrahim Kawu, resolved to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the allegation. Moving the motion, Mr …
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The House of Representatives has summoned the Chief of Army Staff, Faruk Yahaya and the Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor over an alleged attack on a Benue lawmaker, Kpam Sokpo. The resolution followed a motion moved by Mark Gbillah on Wednesday. In his motion, Mr Gbillah said the soldiers …
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The House of Representatives has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to direct commercial banks to overhaul the existing online/electronic banking platforms for the efficient conduct of electronic banking operations. This is sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Sergius Ogun (PDP, Edo) at plenary on Thursday. …
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday partly approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s N22,719,703,774,306.90 requests on Ways and Means Advances, WMAs, from the Central Bank of Nigeria. However, the lawmakers approved the restructuring of N1 trillion WMAs instead of the original N22.7 trillion request. The decision of the House of Representatives came …
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The House of Representatives has urged the National University Commission to give university students break in order to participate in the 2023 general elections. The House reached this resolution following a motion moved by Ibrahim Kabir on Thursday during plenary. Moving the motion, Kabir said the House must prevail on …
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday called for the extension of the deadline for the 2017 registration of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The house mandated its Committee on Tertiary Education and Services to liaise with the Joint Matriculation and Admission Board (JAMB) to ensure that the extension call was …
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A member representing Ogoja-Yala Federal Constituency of Cross River State in the National Assembly, Mr. Agom Jarigbe, has lamented the non-implementation of the 2016 budget due to paucity of funds. Already, the lawmaker alleged that the situation was having negative effect on members of the National Assembly, as no constituency …
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