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Senate Confirms NDDC Board Nominees

Senate Confirms NDDC Board Nominees

November 6, 2019 3:19 am

Senate yesterday confirmed the nomination of 15 members of the governing board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), rejecting, however, one other nominee, Dr. Joy Nunieh.

The upper legislative chamber also confirmed the nominations of a new Chief Judge for the Federal High Court and President of the National Industrial Court (NIC).

Nunieh, a nominee from Rivers State, was declined confirmation by the Senate due to her failure to appear for screening before the Senate committee on Niger Delta, which screened the nominees last week.

This was sequel to the presentation of the report of the Senate Committee on …

Senate Confirms Tsoho As Chief Judge Of Federal High Court

Senate Confirms Tsoho As Chief Judge Of Federal High Court

November 5, 2019 9:36 am

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Justice John Tsoho as the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court.

The confirmation followed a report submitted by Sen. Michael Bamidele, Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters which recommended the confirmation of Tsoho’s appointment.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the Senate at Plenary on  Oct. 29 deliberated on President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for the confirmation of the nomination of Tsoho for appointment as Chief Judge of the Federal High Court.

Presenting the report, Bamidele said that the appointment became necessary as a result of the …

Why Saints May Not Save Judiciary, By Senate Panel

Why Saints May Not Save Judiciary, By Senate Panel

November 5, 2019 4:27 am
• ‘Africa loses $50b to corruption yearly’
• Presidency, Sani differ on border closure

Nigeria’s judiciary has fallen so low that not even saints may salvage it, according to a Senate panel. The panel lamented that the judiciary came to this sorry pass with the attendant high level of corruption because of a paucity of funds.But the panel is hopeful that a special intervention fund could bring sanity to the third arm of government.

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Micheal Opeyemi Bamidele (APC Ekiti Central), made these observations after a confirmation hearing session for

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Germane Issues Up At Senate Committee Budget Defence

Germane Issues Up At Senate Committee Budget Defence

November 3, 2019 4:15 am
The recent screening and budget defence by ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) before the Senate standing committees threw up some issues.The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, set the ball rolling, when he said the least daily upkeep spent on a prisoner in America is N31, 000, which makes nonsense of the dignity of labour in Nigeria.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is currently battling to get government to implement the N30, 000 minimum wage agreement.Even some states are finding it hard paying the N18, 000 minimum wage, which became applicable in 2011. It is exclusive of all deductions, except those
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Budget 2020: Senate Tinkers With Timetable, Shifts Deadline

Budget 2020: Senate Tinkers With Timetable, Shifts Deadline

October 27, 2019 7:31 am

• May Suspend Plenary For Another Week
• Urgent Need For NABRO Re-echoes

Despite its avowed commitment to giving accelerated consideration to processing of the 2020 budget proposal, the Senate has run into hitches with its schedule for the exercise.

Consequently, it has reviewed its budget consideration timetable to allow most committees yet to conclude work, and process their reports, to do so within seven days.

It would be recalled that the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, had warned that any minister or head of any government agency that failed to defend their budgets by the end of October would not …

Senate Clerk Chases Journalists Out of Budget Session

Senate Clerk Chases Journalists Out of Budget Session

October 26, 2019 4:32 pm

The Clerk to the Senate Committee on Special Duties, Kabir Yaba Umar, yesterday evening chased journalists out of the budget defence session the committee had with management of the North East Development Commission and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and IDPs.

Umar had earlier in the morning extended invitation to the Senate Press Corps to cover the Committee’s budget defence session with the two Commissions at Senate Committee Room 211 by 2p.m. and 4p.m. respectively.

Reporters from various media organisations got to the venue on schedule and started taking notes before Umar walked up to the reporters and ordered …

Senate: MDAs Recruiting To Cover Up Bloated Personnel Cost

Senate: MDAs Recruiting To Cover Up Bloated Personnel Cost

October 23, 2019 6:43 am

The Senate yesterday accused some federal government agencies of secretly recruiting to cover up for their over-bloated personnel cost and also queried the ₦600million voted for a privatised electricity distribution company in the 2020 Appropriation Bill.

This is just as the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has disclosed that it discovered ₦9.2 billion in the accounts of some ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs).

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes, Senator Kwari Suleiman, who made this disclosure during the 2020 budget proposal of the ICPC before the committee, added that the appointment letters of the newly …

Senate Rejects Budget Presented By Niger Delta Ministry

Senate Rejects Budget Presented By Niger Delta Ministry

October 22, 2019 3:37 am

The Senate Committee on Niger Delta, yesterday, rejected the 2020 capital budget of ₦23 billion for the  Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs due to uncompleted projects in the region.

Chairman of the Committee, Peter Nwaoboshi made this known when the Minister, Godswill Akpabio appeared before the committee to defend the ministry’s budget of ₦25, 910,486,285.

The ministry is to reappear before the Committee on Monday, October 28.

Nwaboshi said with the oversight function carried out in the ministry, it was realised that the bane of the ministry was abandoned projects littered all over the nine Niger Delta states.

“There is …

Senate Probes ₦2.5bn NDDC Water Hyacinth Project

Senate Probes ₦2.5bn NDDC Water Hyacinth Project

October 17, 2019 6:25 pm

The Senate says it is probing the award of Water Hyacinth Emergency and Desilting Contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from 2017 to 2019.

Chairman Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Sen. Matthew Urhoghide made this known when the Director, Special Duties of the NDDC, Nosakhare Agbongiasede appeared before the committee in Abuja on Thursday.

Urhoghide said that the investigation became imperative because the initial cost of the contract at ₦2.5 billion was allegedly jerked to ₦65 billion on the project.

“Of course, that is a very serious offence. What we are hearing or what we know is …

Trouble Brewing Within The Senate Over Recruitment Scandal

Trouble Brewing Within The Senate Over Recruitment Scandal

October 16, 2019 1:06 am

• Leadership accused of sharing 100 job slots
• Aggrieved lawmakers vow showdown
• Commission cautions against police jobs

Anger and suspicion are brewing in the Senate. These have been provoked by some members of the senate using their official positions to allegedly get recruitment from government agencies. Already, the Senate committee charged with ensuring employment complies with the federal character principle yesterday vowed to expose such lawmakers involved in the job racketeering.

The Chairman of the committee, Danjuma La’ah, promised there would be no sacred cows. “I don’t care who they have given job slots to. Is it …

Senate Asks FG To Declare State Of Emergency On Roads

Senate Asks FG To Declare State Of Emergency On Roads

October 15, 2019 12:51 pm

Nigeria Senate on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on federal roads across the country.

The lawmakers made the request during Tuesday’s plenary at the National Assembly in Abuja.

Gershom Bassey, the Senator representing Cross River South senatorial district in the Nigerian Senate, raised a motion on the deplorable state of federal roads in Nigeria.

Bassey also informed the Senate that the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has failed to remit the five percent user charge of fuel pump price to the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), as stipulated in the Act for the …

Buhari Seeks Senate Approval For ₦10b To Kogi Government

Buhari Seeks Senate Approval For ₦10b To Kogi Government

October 15, 2019 8:35 am

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to approve the payment of ₦10.069billion as settlement of promissory note to the Kogi State Government.

Nigeria Senate Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s letter of request during the Tuesday plenary session.

“Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan reads a letter from Mr President requesting for the resolution of the National Assembly on the issuance of ₦10.069billion for promissory note programme of Kogi State and a Bond issuance to settle inherited debt,” Nigerian Senate tweeted.

Details later.

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