Tag: National Assembly

NIGERIA: Full Text of Pres. Buhari’s 2022 Budget Speech
October 7, 2021 No Responses

NIGERIA: Full Text of Pres. Buhari’s 2022 Budget Speech

2022 BUDGET SPEECH Budget of Economic Growth and Sustainability Delivered By: His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari President, Federal Republic of Nigeria At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja  Thursday, October 7, 2021 PROTOCOLS 1.            It is my great pleasu...
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Why 1999 Constitution can’t solve Nigeria’s problems – Afe Babalola
August 27, 2019 No Responses

Why 1999 Constitution can’t solve Nigeria’s problems – Afe Babalola

Legal icon and founder of Afe Babalola University(ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola, says the current Nigerian constitution is inadequate to solve the myriads of problems confronting the country.
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Buhari to swear in ministers August 21, says Presidency
August 6, 2019 No Responses

Buhari to swear in ministers August 21, says Presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to swear in ministers-designate on Wednesday 21st of August, 2019. This was contained in a statement issued by Babatunde Lawal, Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Affairs Office in the Office of the Secretary to the Government...
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Nigeria: No Jumbo Salary for National Assembly Members
June 25, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria: No Jumbo Salary for National Assembly Members

The President of  the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan has said that there was nothing like jumbo salary for National Assembly members as being speculated in some quarters. Lawan made the disclosure, when members of the Senators’ Forum paid him a...
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Support Lawan, Gbajabiamila or Leave APC, Tinubu Blows Hot
March 30, 2019 No Responses

Support Lawan, Gbajabiamila or Leave APC, Tinubu Blows Hot

Bola Tinubu Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, said that party discipline would be upheld in addressing the leadership tussle of the 9th National Assembly. Mr Tinubu said this while speaking with newsmen in...
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Strike: Banks, travel agencies, others shutdown at NASS
December 17, 2018 No Responses

Strike: Banks, travel agencies, others shutdown at NASS

Business activities at the National Assembly complex was paralysed on Monday as members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) commenced a 4-day warning strike. PASAN, through a Dec. 14 statement by its Chairman, Mr Musa Muhammad, had issued...
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Nigeria: Police deny involvement in NASS complex blockade
August 7, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria: Police deny involvement in NASS complex blockade

The Nigeria Police Force has denied involvement in the blockade of the National Assembly (NASS) complex. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the operatives of the Department of State Services ( DSS) on Tuesday blocked the entrance...
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National Assembly is Broke, says Saraki
January 25, 2018 No Responses

National Assembly is Broke, says Saraki

Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has said that despite the widespread perception that the National Assembly is being over funded, the national parliament is actually grappling with funding constraints in carrying out its statutory functions. Saraki, i...
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Nigeria: President Buhari Presents N8.612trn Budget for 2018
November 7, 2017 No Responses

Nigeria: President Buhari Presents N8.612trn Budget for 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja presented about N8.612 trillion as the 2018 Appropriation bill to a joint session of the National Assembly, saying the projected expenditure would drive rapid economic recovery. He said at the session that with...
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Sun Trust Bank Denies Withholding National Assembly Aides’ Salaries
June 14, 2017 No Responses

Sun Trust Bank Denies Withholding National Assembly Aides’ Salaries

The management of Sun Trust Bank on Wednesday denied reports that it  withheld  the salaries of legislative aides in the National Assembly salaries. Mr Usman Abdulqadir, Executive Director for Finance and Risk, made this known at the press briefing in...
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