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We Are Not Aware Of The Sale Of Government Assets – Senate

November 19, 2020 4:47 am

The Senate has disclosed that they are not aware of any plan to sell any national asset. The Chairman of the committee, Theodore Orji, disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday, complaining that the relationship between the panel and the BPE has not been cozy. The lawmaker said the BPE boss ‘has refused to carry members of the panel along’.

On 2021 budget funding, the Senate committee on privatisation said the chamber is not aware of any planned agreement by the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) to sell or concession some national properties to help fund the 2021 budget. President Muhammadu …

Keyamo to know fate - Senate in emergency closed session over 774, 000 jobs

Senate In Emergency Closed Session Over Keyamo

July 21, 2020 10:53 am

The Senate is currently in an emergency closed session to discuss the proposed recruitment of 774, 000 federal workers.

The closed session started immediately the red chamber resumed plenary on Tuesday.

The federal parliament had suspended the Public Works Programme penultimate week following a disagreement between its committee on Labour and the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo.

The lawmakers accused Keyamo of hijacking the recruitment exercise from the National Directorate of Employment, which got N52bn approval to carry out the programme.

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Job Employment: Senate Calls For Review Of Age Limits

July 15, 2020 12:51 pm

The Senate on Wednesday in an adopted motion asked the Federal government to direct the setting up of a committee to review age limits into the public service in Nigeria.

This followed a motion sponsored by Senator Ibrahim Gobir, who expressed concern that teeming Nigerian youths have been denied public service appointments due to age barrier.

Senator Ibrahim Gobir representing Sokoto East Senatorial District had explained that the Federal Government has placed embargo on employment in the last thirteen years, saying that somebody who graduated at that time may have reached the age bar of employment by the time the …