Precious Nwonu, Enugu The Senate has extended the implementation period of the capital component of the 2025 Appropriation Act by another three months, moving the deadline from September 30 to December 31, 2026. The extension was approved on Tuesday after lawmakers passed a bill sponsored by the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, representing Ekiti Central, following … [Read more…]
Precious Nwonu, Enugu The National Assembly is set to expand access to legislative information by translating Nigerian laws into major indigenous languages, including Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba. The Executive Secretary of the National Assembly Library Trust Fund, Henry Nwawuba, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja while declaring open the 2026 National Assembly Library Week. The … [Read more…]
Precious Nwonu, Enugu The National Assembly has clarified that only the proposed constitutional amendment seeking to establish State Police Services has so far been transmitted to the 36 state Houses of Assembly. The clarification followed reports suggesting that the various Constitution Alteration Bills currently before the National Assembly had already been forwarded to the state … [Read more…]
Precious Nwonu, Enugu The Independent National Electoral Commission has released the final list of candidates contesting the 2027 National Assembly elections, with 4,408 candidates cleared to vie for seats in the Senate and House of Representatives. An analysis of the candidate documents published by the electoral body showed that 1,195 candidates are contesting Senate seats, … [Read more…]
Some Nigerians have expressed concerns that the National Assembly’s latest amendment to the Electoral Act, 2022, to allow statutory delegates – all those elected – to participate and vote in the conventions, congresses or meetings of political parties, saying it was designed to boost the chances of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, who recently joined … [Read more…]
The most appropriate note on which to commence this dialogue on the controversial clause 84(12) of the much-debated and anticipated electoral act 2022 is by adopting the aphorism when two elephants fight, the grass suffers. The reasons for applying the elephants’ metaphor may not be obvious. But it is simply because the final battle … [Read more…]
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 and a plethora of national and international standards recognise the right to vote and to be voted for as one of the greatest pillars of democracy. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is a right which makes the will of the people the … [Read more…]
A move to cut the skyrocketing costs of cement began yesterday at the National Assembly. The Senate urged the Federal Government to introduce liberal policies to stimulate more investment in the manufacturing of the product. The upper chamber said such policies should include provision of industrial and larger tax incentives to encourage local … [Read more…]
The National Assembly chapter of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria on Thursday threatened to embark on an industrial action if the management of the federal parliament failed to implement the national minimum wage within two weeks. The workers action followed the expiration of their earlier 21-day ultimatum to the management which expired … [Read more…]