President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to amend the 2021 Petroleum Industry Act. President Buhari made the request in a letter read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, during today’s plenary. The President in the letter explained that his proposal became necessary having carefully reviewed the administrative structure of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory…
The Nigerian National Assembly has resumed plenary after a summer break that lasted for nine weeks. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, welcomed his colleagues back to work with a charge to tackle some pending issues. These include reconciling two versions of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2010, as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives.…
The Senate has passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, with a provision for conditional electronic transmission of results of elections. The Senate approved for the Independent National Electoral Commission to consider electronic transmission of results where there is secured network coverage. It also requires that the such decision by INEC would be based on the recommendation of…
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmed Lawan, says the National Assembly should not be blamed for the leaking roof of the legislative complex in Abuja. A day after the damaged roof of the National Assembly exposed to the public during a heavy rainfall, Senator Lawan pointed accusing fingers at the Federal Capital Development Authority. Senator Lawan…
The Nigerian Senate has concluded public hearings on proposed amendments of the 1999 Constitution in twelve locations across the six geopolitical zones. With many Nigerians and groups submitting proposals on the changes they expect to see in the Constitution, attention now shifts to the National Assembly. On the second and final day of the Senate hearings yesterday,…
The Nigerian Senate has called for public participation in zonal public hearings on proposed amendments of the constitution. Deputy Senate President and Chairman of the Constitution Amendment Committee, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, made the announcement in a statement. Senator Omo-Agege said the two-day public hearings will hold in two locations in each of the six geopolitical zones at…