The House of Representatives passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, without the provision for direct primaries. The lower house of the National Assembly passed the bill after removing Clause Eighty-Four, which provided for compulsory direct primaries by political parties. The Green Chamber also shunned calls to follow the example of the Senate, which include a provision for…
State governors elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party have called on the National Assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The PDP Governors, who took the decision and eight others during a meeting at the Rivers State Government House in Port Harcourt, said early conclusion of the matter was…
Civil servants at the National Assembly in Abuja have started an indefinite strike over non-payment of their minimum wage. The striking workers under the umbrella of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria decided to withdraw their services ahead of the resumption of plenary on Tuesday next week. Some members of the group staged a protest at the…
Electoral Act Amendment Bill: “I’ll sign if…” – President BUHARI • Open to political solution on NNAMDI KANU President Muhammadu Buhari says he is ready to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill if the National Assembly makes the necessary changes. President BUHARI said the changes must include the recognition of indirect primary as an option in the…
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria is set to publish the names of 7,912 debtors owing it a total of 4.4 ttrillion naira. The move follows the expiration of the 30-day ultimatum given by the National Assembly to debtors to regularise their debt status with the bad debt manager. The one-month notice elapses (today), January 5, 2021.…
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2022 Appropriation Bill of seventeen point one hundred and twenty-six trillion naira into law. The President signed the budget presented to him by his Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly, Senator Babajide Omoworare, at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. President Buhari, however, frowned at some changes as…