Tag: Senate
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Adamu, Orji Kalu, Boroffice, Emerge APC Choice For Senate Leader, Chief Whip, Deputy Leader
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has named Abdullahi Adamu as Senate leader. It has also named former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu as chief whip. Ajayi Boroffice was named as deputy leader, while Yahaya Abdullahi got the position of deputy chief whip of the upper legislative chamber. The emergence of the four…
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Senators Playing Politics In Appointments of Legislative Aides As Many Would-Be Aides Losing Hope
Applicants who have submitted their names to federal lawmakers for appointment as legislative aides have started expressing worry over their chances of securing employment. Investigations by our correspondent revealed that the National Assembly management had yet to issue appointment letter to any of the prospective aides. It was learnt that apart from aides of returning…
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Anxiety In Nigerian Senate Over Choice of Principal Officers
The Senate reconvenes plenary on Tuesday after three weeks break following the inauguration of the Ninth National Assembly. With the seamless election of presiding officers, the question on the lips of National Assembly watchers is who becomes Senate Leader, Deputy Senate Leader, Chief Whip and Deputy Chief Whip? This is even as senators’ scheming and…
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My Salary As A Senator and That of My Colleagues Is N750,000, Says Ahmad Lawan
Nothing like jumbo pay, the president of the senate hints Nigerians The President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, has said that there was nothing like jumbo salary for National Assembly members as being speculated in some quarters. Lawan made the disclosure, when members of the Senators’ Forum paid him a courtesy visit in his…
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Why Senate Leader, Others Are Yet To Be Named
THE ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is holding consultation with the its Senate caucus on modalities for the selection of the Majority Leader and other principal officers, it was learnt yesterday. A top APC senator, who spoke on why the Senate Leader, Deputy Senate Leader, Chief Whip and Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate have…
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APC Avoids Zoning As Battle For Senate Leader, House Leader,others Hots Up
Senate President Ahmad Lawan and House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila will be facing their first major test as heads of the two chambers next month when some of their closest associates will be slugging it out to fill the remaining principal offices in the National Assembly. In contention are the positions of Senate Majority…
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Senators To Receive N40.5m, Reps 30m As Overhead Allowances In 3 Months – Report
Payment of overhead allowances to lawmakers inaugurated on Tuesday in the first three months will increase their total allowances to N19.89bn, investigations by Saturday PUNCH has shown. The PUNCH had exclusively reported that 469 lawmakers would get N4.68bn as welcome package to sort out accommodation and furniture issues. Further investigations showed that each senator will…
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Breaking: Senator Abaribe Emerges Senate Minority Leader
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has named senator representing Abia South, Enyinnaya Abaribe as the Senate Minority leader of the ninth Senate. Also, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha from Taraba South retains his position as Deputy Minority Leader. The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, Phillip Aduda, also retained his position as the Minority Whip. These decisions…
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Breaking: Lawan sets up Senate ad hoc committee, adjourns to July
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, swore in a 12-member ad hoc committee to liaise with the management of the National Assembly on housekeeping issues The committee, which has as Chairman, Senator Abubakar Kyari, is expected to work out the allocation of seats in the chamber as well as the allocation of…
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Senators voted against motion seeking to debate Buhari’s Democracy Day speech
The majority of Nigerian senators Thursday voted against a motion to debate President Muhammadu Buhari’s Democracy Day speech in plenary. The motion to scrutinise the speech was moved by Istifanus Gyang (Plateau-PDP). Coming under Order 52 of the Senate standing order, Mr Gyang asked his colleagues, through the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, to grant him…