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House of Reps shifts resumption date to April 30, 2024

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Ogechi Okorie ABUJA – The House of Representatives has announced the shift in date of resumption from Tuesfay 23rd April to Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. According to the statement signed by the House Spokesman / Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Rep. Akin Rotimi, Jr. made available to Precise Post, this adjustment, as communicated by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, Esq., in an internal correspondence to Honourable Members on Wednesday, is aimed at giving Honourable Members more time for constituency outreach to secure adequate input in the constitution review process. The extension follows the earlier decision by the House Committee on Constitution Review to extend the deadline for submission of memoranda to April 30, 2024. Additionally, the extended timeline will allow for more concerted preparation for the legislative summits on State Police, as well as the one on Tax Reforms, Revenue Enhancement, and Digital Transformation coming up in the next 2 weeks. All inconveniences arising from this rescheduling are regretted. In line with the Legislative Agenda of the 10th …

Success And Challenges Of 10th House Of Reps Under Dr. Tajudeen Abbas By Obute James

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

…How Committees on Education, Public Assets, Police Affairs, Others Stand The current session of Nigerian National Assembly was inaugurated on 13th June, 2023 following the emergence of four principal officers, the Senate President, Deputy Senate President; House of Representatives Speaker and Deputy Speaker. The country’s national parliament consists of two chambers, the Senate (109 Senators) and House of Representatives (360 Members). The legislature at the state level is unicameral while National Assembly serves as parliament for the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja The former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio was elected President of the Senate having polled 63 votes while the former Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation; Senator Jubrin Barau emerged as Deputy Senate President. In the House of Representatives, Dr. Tajudeen Abbas, Ph.D got 353 votes to emerge as the Speaker and Hon. Benjamin Kalu also was unanimously elected as the Deputy Speaker. In his inaugural speech, the Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas Ph.D said under his leadership, the lawmakers will work closely and interdependently with the Executive and Judiciary Arms to …

House of Reps: Bill To Introduce State Police Scales Second Reading

February 21, 2024February 21, 2024 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chris Udochukwu A Constitution Amendment Bill to introduce state police has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, which was sponsored by 13 members of the House, enjoyed support from a majority of the lawmakers in the green chamber who believed that concerns of political victimisation by state governors, should take the backseat to the current state of insecurity across the country. Last week, President Bola Tinubu and 36 state governors considered the creation of state police as a solution to the menacing security challenges like kidnapping and banditry ubiquitous in the country. Quest For State PoliceRecall that State police has been a subject of controversy since the Seventh National Assembly and has failed to make it through the amendment phase. Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had recently restated their position on state policing, as the solution to the country’s worsening security situation, lamenting that Nigeria is “almost on the road to Venezuela”. Also, regional socio-political groups such as Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Middle Belt Forum, and the Northern Elders’ Forum, …