Tag: House of Representatives
$5.5bn loan: Buhari’s request was approved base on his integrity – Reps
The House of Representatives on Thursday said it approved the 5.5 billion dollars loan request from the executive because President…
Concession agreement: Reps to probe 2nd Niger Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the nature of contracts and concession arrangements between the Federal Government and…
Reps pass Climate Change Bill
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to provide a legal framework for mainstreaming of climate change responses…
House of Reps calls for increase in tobacco tax
The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Federal Government to increase tax on tobacco as a means of curbing…
Cancer: Reps seek free drugs, chemotherapy for patients
The House of Representatives on Thursday urged Federal Government to provide subsidies for palliative drugs and chemotherapy for cancer sufferers.…
Reps to repeal outdated water laws
The House of Representatives has promised to repeal obsolete water-related laws and enact the National Water Resources Commission and National…
Reps move to control production, use and disposal of polythene bags
The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to control the manufacture, use and disposal of plastic bags, also known as…
2 PDP Reps decamp to APC
Two members of the House of Representatives, Zephaniah Jisalo and Yusuf Tijjani, have defected from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP,…
Assets management: Bill to establish agency passes 2nd reading
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed through second reading a bill to establish the Nigerian Assets Management Agency.
Reps say Nigeria must gain independence from tribalism
As Nigeria marks 57th Independence anniversary, two members of the House of Representatives say that peaceful coexistence is crucial in…
Restructuring: Reps seek support from Nigerians
The Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Rep. Yussuff Lasun, has called on Nigerians to support the National Assembly in…
House committee assures Bida poly of adequate funding
The House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education on Wednesday promised to ensure adequate funding to the Federal Polytechnic, Bida,…
Budget: Reps. decry duplication of projects by MDAs
The House of Representatives has decried Ministries Departments and Agencies’ (MDAs’) duplication of projects funded by international donors in their…
Buhari’s Absence: PDP Reps say Aso Rock is vacant for another occupier
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives on Thursday said that there is vacancy in…
Reps wants CRK, IRK returned in school curriculum
The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged Federal Ministry of Education to urgently cancel the merge Christian Religious Knowledge and…
House of Reps considers law to grant treasury looters full amnesty
Looters of Nigerian treasury may get “full and complete amnesty” based on a proposed law currently being considered by the…
NASS committed to improving business environment – Dogara
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has assured that the National Assembly will act on legislations…
Reps uncover $15bn unremitted oil, gas revenue
House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating allegedly missing 17 billion dollars crude oil and Liquified Natural Gas revenue, on…
Adeosun, Okonjo-Iweala, others to appear before Reps
Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun and her predecessor, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, have been summoned to appear before the House of Representatives…
Reps pass North-East Development Commission Bill
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a Bill for an Act to establish the North-East Development Commission.
Reps donate clothes, toiletries to released Chibok girls
Members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday paid a visit to the released Chibok school girls at the DSS…
Reps probe missing N11bn petroleum products
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, mandated its committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) to investigate the disappearance of N11 billion…
Reps urge FG to establish more Special Colleges of Education
The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Federal Government to establish more Special Colleges of Education to cater for…
Reps urge CBN to withdraw mutilated currency
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to urgently withdraw and destroy mutilated naira…
Reps to probe activities at Kaduna Airport
The House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its Committee on Aviation to investigate activities at the Kaduna International Airport to…
Reps want early volunteers absorbed into NSCDC
The House of Representatives says it is taking necessary measures to ensure that early volunteers of the Nigeria Security and…
House of Reps removes Adeosun as Public Procurement Council Chairman
The House of Representatives has removed Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun as chairman of the National Council on Public Procurement.
Reps to probe Customs failure to auction confiscated goods
The House of Representatives on Thursday in Abuja mandated its Committee on Customs and Excise to investigate the failure of…
Reps canvass clear policy on deregulation of kerosene
The House of Representatives has stressed the need for a policy framework on deregulation of kerosene to make it easily…
Reps call for rehabilitation of national museum
The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture to rehabilitate the Museum of National…