A bill for an Act seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to change the educational qualification for elections into certain political offices, has been stepped down by the leave of the House of Representatives. Standing in the name of Adewunmi Onanuga, the proposed legislation aimed at pegging minimum qualification for elections into the governorship, presidential,…
There are moves by the House Of Representatives to create three additional states in the South West zone. This follows a proposal before the House of Representatives sponsored by the lawmaker representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency, Osun State, Oluwole Oke. The suggested legislation aims to establish separate states, namely- Oke-Ogun, Ijebu, and Ife-Ijesa. It is named…
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the exorbitant amount charged by Point of Sale (POS) for withdrawal of money. The resolution to probe the operators followed a motion moved by Mohammed Shehu on Thursday. Mr Shehu lamented the high charges by the operators. He stated that some POS owners charge as much as…
The House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters on Wednesday, expressed displeasure over the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to appear before it to defend its 2024 budget estimates. The chairman of the committee, Hon. Adebayo Balogun said at the budget defence meeting that the commission did not communicate its inability to…
: House of Representatives Committee on Health has announced the likely upgrade of the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, to a teaching hospital. The Chairman of the Committee, Mr Amos Magaji, disclosed this while on an inspection tour of the facilities at the hospital on Sunday. The committee met with the management of the hospital led…
The Chairman, House Committee on Special Duties, Tukuru Ibrahim, on Tuesday assured Nigerians that the House of Representatives would pass the local government autonomy bill. He, however, expressed concern if the state Houses of Assembly would allow the bill to see the light of the day. Speaking at the annual conference of functionaries and key…
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has muted the idea of sponsoring a bill to institutionalise the apprenticeship system in Igbo land as part of moves to address the dearth of skilled workers and unemployment in the country. He said another bill to make Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo national languages was…
The House of Representatives has raised an alarm over the Remita platform through which the Treasury Single Account of the Federal Government is operated. Through a motion by Jeremiah Umaru, the lower chamber said trillions of naira had been passed through the Remita platform and that the funds were unaccounted for due to the proliferation…
House of Representatives has approved the federal government proposed total aggregate spending of N26 trillion for 2024–2026 financial years. Of this approved sum, N10.2 trillion is for Recurrent (non-debt); Personnel Costs (MDAs) of N4.49 trillion; Special Intervention (Recurrent) is put at N200 billion; N5.9 trillion earmarked for Capital Expenditure with Special Intervention (Capital) of N7…
The House of Representatives has begun its investigation into the alleged mismanagement of over N447.6bn COVID-19 intervention fund from 2020 to 2022. The lawmakers has summoned 83 ministries, departments, and agencies of the Federal Government to aid its investigations The House invited the Ministries of Agriculture and Food Security, Communications and Digital Economy, Federal Road…
