Nigeria’s budget to bear N49bn cost for incoming lawmakers’ salaries and allowances

Nigeria’s budget to bear N49bn cost for incoming lawmakers’ salaries and allowances

The PUNCH has conducted an investigation revealing that the incoming lawmakers’ salaries and allowances in Nigeria may cost the country approximately N49bn. This amount covers the salaries and allowances of state and federal lawmakers. The data collated was obtained from the website of the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Allocation Commission. The national level will spend... Read More

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May 6, 2019

Abike Dabiri-Erewa wants you to know that lawmakers are the ones against diaspora voting

Diaspora voting has been a contentious topic in Nigeria’s politics. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora, has revealed the reason Nigerians in the diaspora are yet to fully participate in the country’s electoral process is because the National Assembly are yet to give its approval. She... Read More

Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Diaspora voting, lawmakers

September 17, 2017

Saraki to meet CSOs over lawmakers’ salary

Senate President Bukola Saraki has said a roundtable will be held with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) over salaries of lawmakers. His media aide, Bamikole Omishore, in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, said the meeting would be to give more details on the earnings of senators. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), had... Read More

Bukola Saraki, CSO’s, lawmakers, salary

September 8, 2017

U.S. senators delay spending package votes over Hurricane Irma

House lawmakers are pending completion of work on spending package bills to fund government in 2018 to allow early adjournment for the week on Friday afternoon amid eagerness by some lawmakers to return to their constituencies and perform their constitutional duties towards the imminent Hurricane Irma, according to The Hill. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy,... Read More

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August 15, 2017

Constituency projects by lawmakers is corruption | Obasanjo insists

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has insisted that the constituency projects embarked upon by lawmakers was a means of corruption. Obasanjo said this at the opening of a two-day investment forum organised by the Niger State Government in Minna on Monday. Obasanjo said, “The Sultan talked about roads, I hope our lawmakers will use their position... Read More

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August 11, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Kwara lawmakers just found another way of wasting taxpayers’ money

At their session on Friday, members of the Kwara state House of Assembly resolved that the best way to curb the spate of kidnappings and ritual killings in the state is to set up what they call “an anti-ritualist security outfit”. They said the outfit would carry out duties including but not limited to, “community... Read More

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August 11, 2017

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Lawmakers need to understand that Nigeria needs true federalism

by Wareez Odunayo Federalism is a system of government in which governmental powers that exist in a country are shared between central government and component region. It is the system of government in which governmental powers are divided between the central government, i.e. the federal government and its components; state and local government. Federalism has... Read More

Thinking Through

August 7, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Our Reps just received 200 Peugeot cars but they still claim they’re suffering

“More than two years into a four-year tenure, only 175 members have been supplied the cars. Others are still paying from their pockets to work and the suffering continues. Members are tired and they can no longer keep calm. It was learned that the hiccups were caused by what the House later discovered to be... Read More

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July 26, 2017

Bill number 8: Why more immunity for the 8th senate?

by Alexander O. Onukwue The Senate passed a bill to grant its members and other legislators immunity covering every matter discussed in plenary and at meetings of committees. It was one of the 33 bills passed on Wednesday as part of the Constitution Review. The immunity clause, as we might loosely call it, has not... Read More

Story of the day

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July 26, 2017

Just In: Senate votes in support of immunity for lawmakers

The Senate has voted in support of immunity for legislators in the course of duty. The lawmakers voted massively for the Act which would give full immunity to lawmakers. 93 out of 94 senators voted in support of the Act. Details later…

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July 16, 2017

Don’t allow excuses turn you to the house-of-do-nothing | Tinubu tells lawmakers

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu has urged members of the National Assembly not to allow excuses hinder their performance. Tinubu made the call when Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, led senate and house of representatives committees on the review of 1999 constitution on a visit at his residence in Lagos on... Read More

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June 27, 2017

Mind the gap: How inept are Nigerian lawmakers?

by Alexander O. Onukwue At a time when the United States Senate is being grilled in the media and by the Congressional Budget Office over the numbers involved in replacing the Affordable Care Act (alias Obamacare) with the American HealthCare Act, the Nigerian Senate is facing questions as to the rationale behind replacing mega road... Read More

Story of the day, Thinking Through

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June 24, 2017

The YNaija Cover this morning – the 24th of June

Read full stories and analyses on YNaija ‘Lawmakers stop use of official number plates for fear of kidnapping’ Ethnic, religious agitations in the country caused by elites – Osinbajo Lagos to add Scrabble to schools’ curriculum

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June 24, 2017

‘Lawmakers stop use of official number plates for fear of kidnapping’

Lawmakers in the country have reportedly stopped the use of official number plates on their vehicles over fear of kidnapping and murder, Punch reports. This comes after a lawmaker from Kano State, Garba Umar-Durbunde, was kidnapped by gunmen along the Abuja-Kaduna Road, after which he reportedly paid N10m ransom to secure his freedom. An aide... Read More

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June 1, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: House of Reps members are constantly shaming themselves and we’re just tired

Another day, another drama in the National Assembly! Remember that time in 2015 when the lawmakers had just been elected into office and the “honourables” in the lower house brought their hooliganism on the floor of the house throwing blows, exchanging insults and disrupting peace. Well, they got to it again today, only that they... Read More

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May 6, 2017

N’Assembly will pass 2017 budget on May 9 – Sen. Gobir

by Azeez Adeniyi Sokoto state senator, Ibrahim Gobir has said the National Assembly will pass the 2017 budget on May 9. Gobir disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday in Sokoto. “The delay in its passage is to allow the effective harmonisation of the documents by both the Senate and the House of Representatives,’’ Gobir said.... Read More

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May 4, 2017

Nigerian lawmakers are bunch of clowns – Gen. Akinrinade

by Azeez Adeniyi Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Alani Akinrinade (retd) has said members of the National Assembly are “bunch of clowns.” Akinrinade said this in a video released by online medium, Sahara Reporters, on Thursday. He said the lawmakers “are the most dishonourable people I knew in the world”. He also lampooned Senator representing Kogi... Read More

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April 23, 2017

The Thread: Nigerian graduates can’t get a job without NYSC cert, but Buhari can barely provide his SSCE

by Dolapo Adelana Can Nigeria ever be great? That’a a million dollar question on the lips of many which remains unanswered. With corruption at its peak and a lack of integrity of its leaders, the greatness of the country remains questionable. A Twitter user, @_feoluwa has once again brought to the fore the weakness of... Read More

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March 22, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: “National Assembly must open its budget” | Hon Jibrin recommends 10 way NASS can fix its battered image

Suspended lawmaker, Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin is still in the business of proffering workable solutions to the problems of the National Assembly, only that the latter isn’t listening. Hon Jibrin who has being less vocal since the budget padding scandal he helped to unfurl got swept under the carpet took to his same old platform of... Read More

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March 14, 2017

South African legislature promises to end killing of Nigerians

The lower arm of the South African Assembly on Tuesday promised to pursue legislation that would curb xenophobic attacks. The South African lawmakers said this at a meeting with a delegation of the Nigerian House of Representatives in Cape Town. They promised to consult with the Executive Arm to initiate such laws. The House of... Read More

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March 3, 2017

How Ladoja bribed lawmakers with 22 cars to avoid impeachment – witness

by Azeez Adeniyi A former Senior Special Executive Assistant to Rashidi Ladoja, former Oyo State Governor, Adewale Atanda on Thursday said the ex-governor bribed lawmakers with 22 cars to avoid impeachment in 2005. Atanda appeared before Justice Mohamed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos, where Ladoja, is answering charges of an alleged N4.7bn... Read More

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February 10, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: How South African lawmakers denounced President Zuma as “rotten to the core” (WATCH)

We’ve had more than a fair share of brawls in Nigeria’s National Assembly in the past but we are yet to see a massive opposition protest against a sitting president like what the case was in South Africa’s parliament on Thursday. South African President, Jacob Zuma was to deliver a keynote speech at the Parliament... Read More

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February 2, 2017

Bayelsa Assembly approves N3bn loan to purchase cars for lawmakers

The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has approved N3bn loan for the purchase of cars for legislators and other political office holders. The Speaker of the House, Mr. Kombowei Benson confirmed this to newsmen on Thursday in Yenagoa. Benson said the decision was taken at a closed door meeting. He said the legislators decided to... Read More

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January 30, 2017

Ondo Assembly crisis: Police grill paymaster, lawmakers

The Police during the weekend grilled some members of the Ondo State Assembly, including the paymaster and the clerk over the suspension of embattled Speaker Jumoke Akindele and other principal officers for alleged N15 million fraud. Sources revealed that the head of a faction, Hon. Ayodele Arowele was quizzed alongside two others over the whereabout... Read More

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January 26, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Has Senator Ali Ndume gotten his groove back?

Senate President Bukola Saraki today announced the reshuffling of the leadership of some of the Senate committees and Senator Ali Ndume was named Chairman, Senate committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), a position formerly held by Senator Abba Kyari. It may not exactly be a win for him but Senator Ali Ndume is... Read More

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January 11, 2017

Opinion: Why our lawmakers belong to the Personal Assembly of Nigeria

by Ibironke Oluwatobi The NASS continues to feign pro-democratic ethos. The lawmakers would rather have us believe that they represent the interest of the masses, while in fact, they prioritise their interests. The NASS has a long history of corruption, fraud and other criminal acts, recall the Farouk Lawan case, the Mania pension case, the Stella... Read More

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December 9, 2016

[The Legislative Blog]: These lawmakers want us to believe they are not corrupt but it’s tough

“There is no money to steal in this government“, said Lanre Tejuosho, Chairman Senate Committee on Health. There’s more than one way to understand this statement. “We’d love to steal but there’s nothing steal” or “We are not the type, we just want to serve the people“. The latter is what the lawmaker really wants... Read More

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December 5, 2016

[The Legislative Blog]: Who runs the House of Reps Twitter account?

It’s one of two things! Either the House is on a break or the social media guy is lazy. Or maybe he quit… Or how else does one explain a Twitter account that was last active on the 30th November? Does this mean there haven’t been any activities in the lower legislative chamber or members... Read More

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December 3, 2016

Nigerians prefer lawmakers who give them bags of rice – Reps member

Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon Chukwuka Onyema has said Nigerians prefer legislators who give them bags of rice and money to those who sponsor legislative bills. Onyema said this on Friday at a round-table conference organised by the House Committee on Civil Societies and Development Partners. He said Nigerians were not... Read More