Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “to cut the proposed budget of N9.4bn on travels, refreshment/meals, and foodstuff/catering materials for the presidency, and the proposed N344.85bn for the lawmakers, and to use the savings to address the budget deficit.”…
The House of Representatives has yesterday declared that the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway had no approval of the National Assembly and therefore set to investigate the procurement process of the project. The House consequently called on the Minister of Works, Minister of Finance and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to ensure that…
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The senator for Delta North senatorial district, Ned Nwoko has disclosed that he received more than N1 billion for constituency projects. Nwoko, during a recent interview, mentioned that the allocation of resources to senators often varies based on the magnitude of their constituency projects, indicating that it’s not uncommon for some, including himself, to receive…
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President Mr Godswill Akpabio to “urgently refer the allegations that lawmakers padded the 2024 budget by irregularly inserting projects worth N3.7 trillion to appropriate anti-corruption agencies for investigation and prosecution.” SERAP urged him “to immediately reinstate whistleblower Abdul Ningi who was recently suspended from the…
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The House of Representatives Committee of Financial Crimes has resolved to recommend that the House invokes its powers to subpoena and arrest executives of Binance. This followed the failure of executives of the company to appear in an investigation hearing by the Committee on Monday, March 4. Chairman of the Committee, Hon Ginger Obinna Onwusibe,…
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The National Assembly has raised its 2024 budgetary allocation by 74.23 per cent to N344.85bn. This will be the highest-ever budgetary allocation to the National Assembly whose initial allocation in the 2024 budget proposal was pegged at N197.93bn. The increase in allocation to the Senate and House of Representatives is happening amidst a cost-of-living crisis…
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