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We Must Never Allow ASUU Strike To Happen Again –Gbajabiamila

We Must Never Allow ASUU Strike To Happen Again –Gbajabiamila

October 15, 2022 4:36 am

Against the backdrop of the recent suspension of industrial action by ASUU, the Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has asserted all hands must be on deck to ensure academic strikes in universities become a thing of the past.

The Speaker made this assertion in a statement hailing the end of an eight-month-long strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the academics had called for better welfare and revitalisation of public universities, among other demands.

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While …

Harvard Gbajabiamila Apologises To Nigerians After Outrage

Harvard: Gbajabiamila Apologises To Nigerians After Outrage

July 28, 2022 4:59 am

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has described his apologsied who were angered by his decision to post a picture of himself attending a leadership course at Harvard University in the United States of America, saying that his intention was not to be insensitive to the plight of Nigerian students.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Nigerian students are presently suffering from the shutdown of academic activities in public universities due to the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities and other unions.

Recall that the Speaker had come under serious fire on …

Gbajabiamila Visits Slain Vendor Family, Creates Trust Fund

Gbajabiamila Visits Slain Vendor Family, Creates Trust Fund

November 24, 2020 12:44 am

The Nigeria House of Representative Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila whose security, Abdullahi Hassan, shot and killed a newspaper vendor in Abuja last week has signed the condolence register of the slain, Ifeanyi Elechi, at Area 1 Vendor Stand in Abuja yesterday report says.

The Speaker has also announced the creation of a trust fund for children of the newspaper vendor when he paid a condolence visit to members of the Abuja Newspapers Distributors Association (ANDA) in the company of the spokesman of the House, Benjamin Kalu, and some aides.

The late Okereke was shot dead by Hassan when newspaper vendors circled …

Gbajabiamila’s Security Kills A Newspaper Vendor In Abuja

Gbajabiamila’s Security Kills A Newspaper Vendor In Abuja

November 21, 2020 6:15 am

Members of Abuja Newspapers Distributors Association (ANDA) are set to protest the killing of their member by a security aide to the Speaker of House Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.

President of the Association, Benji Obute, made this known while speaking to reporters in Abuja on Thursday. He said the association will stage a protest at the National Assembly and the Police Headquarters today over the killing of Elechi Emmanuel.

Obute noted that all their members would converge at Area 1 today to start the protest, noting that no newspapers would be distributed until after the protest. He appealed to media houses …

Gbajabiamila’s Security Kills A Newspaper Vendor In Abuja

Nigerians Are Afraid Of Police Than Criminals – Gbajabiamila

September 29, 2020 5:29 pm

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has declared that the 9th House is committed to overhauling policing in Nigeria.

The Speaker stated that Nigerians are scared of police than criminals.

Gbajabiamila stated this in his opening remarks at the resumption of the House following a two-month holiday.

He commended the President for signing the police reform act into law. He added that the Nigeria Police force as presently constituted had failed to meet expectations of Nigerians.

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‘Two weeks ago, His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, signed

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Gbajabiamila Disowns Letter Extending Tenure Of NASS Clerk

Gbajabiamila Disowns Letter Extending Tenure Of NASS Clerk

June 4, 2020 4:52 am

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, Wednesday, denied writing a letter extending the tenure of the National Assembly Clerk, Sani Ataba Omolori and other Staff of the National Assembly.

In a statement issued in Abuja, the Speaker said there were appropriate channels and processes with which such things were done.

He asked Nigerians to disregard the claim.

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“The attention of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has been drawn to a letter purportedly emanating from his office allegedly stating his endorsement of the

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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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Gbajabiamila’s Security Kills A Newspaper Vendor In Abuja

‘We Will Not Stand For This’ – Femi Blasts Police

February 25, 2020 9:54 am

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila says the House will not standby while police brutalise and kill innocent Nigerians.

The Speaker said this at the public hearing conducted by the House Committee on Police Affairs on enhancing the police force for better service delivery.

The new assertion is coming in the wake of crisis engulfing Sagamu, Ogun where operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad allegedly killed Kazeem Tiamuyu (Kaka).

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The anger over the alleged killing has turned to protests which has claimed more casualties.

The Speaker

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Gbajabiamila: Amend Constitution To Recognize Amotekun

January 30, 2020 4:33 am
Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has directed the Leader of the House, Hassan Ado Dogwa to bring a bill that will amend the 1999 constitution to recognize Amotekun and other similar security outfits in the country.

The Speaker stated this in his welcome address on Wednesday. In his speech, Gbajabiamila said that the emergence of Amotekun and similar security outfits was as a result of the manifestation gaps in the security architecture in the country.

The Amotekun security outfit launched by the governors of the 6 southwest states has caused controversy, especially between the Federal government

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Blame Citizens For Challenges In Power Sector – Mr Speaker

September 27, 2019 4:03 am

Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila says that unpatriotic activities of serving and retired public office holders are responsible for the socio-economic misfortune in the power sector.

Gbajabiamila spoke while declaring open the investigative hearing into the Federal Government’s abandoned power projects from 1999 to date.

The speaker, represented by the Chief Whip, Rep. Mohammed Monguno (APC-Borno), expressed his displeasure with the state of power in the country.

He said that the motion on the need to review government’s expenditure on the power sector to ensure sustenance of the power reform programme in Nigeria was referred to the …

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