Tag: NASS
Presidency, NASS agree on $300m Diaspora Bond
The Presidency and the national assembly seem to have finally agreed on something after the 2016 budget bickering and it…
Host communities appeal to NASS to retain 10% equity in PIB
The Edo chapter of Oil and Gas Host Communities of Nigeria on Wednesday appealed to the National Assembly to shun…
Why NASS must include Lagos-Calabar rail in 2016 budget – Afenifere
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has called for the inclusion of the proposed Lagos-Calabar coastal rail project in…
Don’t play politics with budget, APC tells NASS
buhari The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has told the National Assembly not to play politics with the…
NDDC lauds NASS for forcing oil coys to remit tax
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has applauded the National Assembly Joint Committee on NDDC for compelling oil firms operating…
NASS sends detailed 2016 budget to Buhari
Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Rep. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has commended Nigerians for their patience and understanding over the…
NASS to pass 2016 Budget next week
Contrary to its promise on Wednesday, the National Assembly on Thursday failed to lay the 2016 budget for commencement of…
NASS to pass 2016 budget on March 17
The House of Representatives says the National Assembly will on March 17, pass the 2016 Appropriation Bill totalling N6.08 trillion.…
NASS committed to completing legislative institute – Saraki
saraki Leadership of the National Assembly on Monday pledged to ensure that construction of multi-billion Naira National Institute of Legislative…
NASS plans new Petroleum Industry bill
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, says National Assembly (NASS) is working on its own version of Petroleum…
AGF urges NASS to join TSA for transparency
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris has called on the Leadership of the National Assembly to allow for Treasury…
We should all use personal cars, Ben Bruce tells NASS, others
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce representing Bayelsa East constituency, may be on a collision course with some of his colleagues after he…
Legislators more open, transparent than executive – NASS
The official Twitter Account of the Nigeria’s National Assembly has argued that the National Assembly is more transparent and open…
NASS to review girl-child education laws, says Sen. Wamakko
Senator Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto) says the National Assembly would review laws to revamp girl-child education in the country in 2016.…
NASS to make public 2016 budget breakdown – Saraki
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Sunday said the National Assembly would make public the details of…
Buhari meets Saraki, Dogara, others behind closed door
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met with the leadership of the National Assembly at the Presidential Villa, behind closed doors.…
Frequent recess by NASS not unusual, says NILS
The National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS) says the frequency with which members of the National Assembly go on recess…
Buhari slams NASS jumbo pay, fumes at RMAFC
President Muhammadu Buhari has rebuked the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission for approving excessive remunerations for some political office…
NASS not answerable to anybody – ex-RMAFC Chairman
Eromosele Ebhomele Former Chairman of Nigeria’s Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, Hamman Tukur, is not happy with the way…
NASS: Ndume wants privileges of Saraki, Dogara, others removed
Senate Leader Mohammed Ndume on Tuesday called for removal of privileges attached to principal officers at the National Assembly. Ndume…
Part-time legislature the solution to NASS allowances, says Lateef Raji
Lateef Raji, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to Lagos State…
We will not cut our pay, allowances, Senators say
The Senate after an hour close door session on Wednesday, stood down the report of its ad hoc committee on…
Buhari, NASS promise to find Chibok Girls – US Congresswoman
President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigerian lawmakers have promised to intensify their efforts to ensure the safe return of the Chibok…
Atiku hails peaceful resolution of House leadership crisis
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has commended the peaceful resolution of the House of Representatives leadership crisis, which…
Police, Clerk of NASS, meet over petition
The Police have met with the Clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa, and some principal officers over a…
APC will overcome NASS leadership tussle – Garba
A member of the House of Representatives, Amuda Garba (APC-Ilorin East, Ilorin South, Kwara) , has expressed optimism that the…
Saraki moves to reduce NASS allowances, inaugurates committee
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has moved to reduce the allowances of National Assembly members by constituting a committee to draw…
PDP can provide guidance to NASS members – BoT
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustee (BoT), says the party has the capacity to provide guidance to the…
We’ve set up ad hoc committee to redress NASS budget, says Saraki
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has confirmed that the senate has set up an ad hoc committee to review the budget…
Ambode, Al-Makura urge NASS to pass Disability Bill
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State and his Nasarawa counterpart, Alhaji Umaru Al-makura, on Monday urged the National Assembly (NASS)…