Ahmed Lawan

Why Nigeria And Twitter Need Each Other – Senate President

June 12, 2021 5:11 am

The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan has made a strong case for the resolution of the disagreement between Twitter and the Federal Government of Nigeria, stressing that both parties need each other.

Lawan made this appeal during a press conference in Abuja yesterday following the Federal Government’s suspension of Twitter’s operations in Nigeria.

‘Nigeria needs Twitter just as Twitter needs Nigeria,‘ he said, one week after the suspension which has sparked an outcry in the country.

He welcomed the idea of a dialogue between the Nigerian government and the microblogging site, saying the Senate has been criticised for not coming …

Senate Under Fire For Approving Buhari’s $22.7bn Loan

March 6, 2020 3:55 am

The Human Rights Writers Association, HURIWA, has described as vexatiously unconstitutional the decision of the Ahmed Lawan-led Senate to approve President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to borrow $22.7 billion despite objection from some Senators.

The rights group believes that the collection of the foreign loans, which would be re-looted by governmemt officials, offends several provisions of the Nigerian constitution including sections 16(1); (2) of the Nigerian constitution.

HURIWA noted that the section of the constitution opposes excessive borrowings that makes Nigeria a slave of external jurusdictions and impedes our national drive for self reliance.

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Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila

Immunity: Lawan, Gbajabiamila Have Something To Hide

February 27, 2020 6:23 am

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has condemned the bill seeking immunity from prosecution for federal lawmakers.

HURIWA, a prominent civil rights advocacy group claimed that the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila may be afraid of possible “prosecution over something only both of them know for rushing up a bill to grant themselves immunity from prosecution.”

In a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, and National Media Affairs Director, Miss Zainab Yusuf, the rights group said “the hierarchy of the National Assembly should note that “only the guilty

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