Senators, Reps may lose diplomatic passports after ‘review’ exercise

by Adeola Balogun According to reports, the Federal Government is set to ensure the loyalty of the nation’s legislators by withdrawing diplomatic passports issued to all members of the National Assembly – 109 senators and 360 members of the House of Representatives. The exercise tagged as a “review” by the Presidency has authorized the Nigeria... Read More

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September 20, 2013

Opinion: The National Assembly is a symbol of waste

by Jaye Gaskia With nearly N1tn investment on constituency development over ten years, and about 17 such projects per LGA, why has poverty rate grown from 54% in 2004 to 70% in 2012? Why did unemployment rate increase from 8% in 1999 to 24% in 2011? Why did the Housing Deficit skyrocket from less than... Read More

budget, constituency project, Jaye Gaskia, national assembly, profligacy, waste

September 18, 2013

Japheth Omojuwa: It’s time to test this democracy (Y! FrontPage)

by Japheth Omojuwa We will march to the National Assembly in Abuja and demand that this script of injustice be re-written to fit into the order of justice. We will raise our voices and scream for their often seemingly deaf ears to ear. We will be peaceful but our faces will not look it. Today’s... Read More

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September 17, 2013

Ombatse cult killings: Nasarawa Assembly demands emergency rule

by ‘Jola Sotubo Following the renewed clashes in the state which has led to loss of life and destruction of property, the Nasarawa State House of Assembly yesterday called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the southern senatorial district of the state. The house, which reached this conclusion at... Read More

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September 9, 2013

Opinion: Nigerians and revolution in the National Assembly

by Aniete Adams Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa must be commended for discouraging and decapitating any negative manifestations of those bureaucratic maladies in his re-energised National Assembly to the extent that legislative apparatchinks have hailed him as a primus inter pares and an exemplary public servant par excellence in our democratic dispensation. With public service spanning over... Read More

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September 1, 2013

Opinion: We will soon move on from our rage over “jumbo” salaries of legislators

by Bisi Lawrence The legislators at last bestirred themselves. Yes, they welcomed a public airing of the issue, said their spokesman, but would Oby mind, first of all, to state how she disbursed the “jumbo” payments she too received while she was in the Ministry of Education? The pages of newspapers have been rustling, in... Read More

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August 30, 2013

Debo Adejugbe: Oby Ezekwesili, National Assembly and the corruption bear hug (Y! Politico)

by Debo Adejugbe Even though the report had failed to mention the several mushroom allowances written into their pay packets, they failed to dispute it with facts but gunned for Oby. To be frank, I didn’t know where to start this piece from, after I had written down the title for several days. To spice... Read More

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August 28, 2013

Opinion: Who is afraid of Dr. Ezekwesili?

by Bayo Oluwasanmi We should salute Dr. Ezekwesili for having the courage and determination and look power in the eye and ask why and how. People power! It is the most underutilized weapon in the arsenal of oppressed Nigerians. People power – ask the Egyptians and they would tell you how potent and pungent is... Read More

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August 22, 2013

Opinion: Pension – Waiting for the dead man’s shoes

by Josef Omorotionwan All these sordid affairs have perhaps been consigned to history. But the rightful owners of the money are suffering and dying on the pension queue. But why has the pension fund suddenly become the easiest money to steal? WITH the virtual collapse of the African welfare system, it was thought that the... Read More

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August 22, 2013

N1trn expenses: Ezekwesili challenges NASS to public debate

by Oge Okonkwo The former minister of education and immediate past vice-president of the World Bank (Africa), Obiageli Ezekwesili, has said she is prepared to appear before a public hearing to defend her surprised revelation that from 2005 to 2013, the National Assembly had received over N1 trillion from the federal purse. In a statement made available yesterday... Read More

challenges, expenses, NASS, national assembly, Obiageli Ezekwesili, public debate

August 20, 2013

N1 trillion spent on National Assembly members in 8 years – Oby Ezekwesili

by ‘Jola Sotubo An official confirmation has been issued on the lifestyle of the members of the Nigerian National Assembly. Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, yesterday issued a statement asserting that Nigeria had spent over N1trn on the National Assembly members in the last eight years. Ezekwesili, in a keynote address she delivered during... Read More

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August 14, 2013

Opinion: Constitution review and the challenge of nation-building – The path not taken

by Taye Gaskia If the reason for demand for new states is genuinely about development and improving the lives of citizens; and not about creating a treasury pool that can be more easily accessed and looted by the elites; why are these demands being made without a concurrent demand for altering the revenue allocation formula?... Read More

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August 8, 2013

Opinion: Nigerian legislators are cats with nine lives

by Josef Omorotionmwan When it comes to playing to the gallery, the House of Representatives is certainly smarter than the Senate. This is what the much-touted idea of autonomy for the local governments has shown. People asking for Sovereign National Conference for the purpose of giving this country a Constitution certainly know what they are... Read More

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August 7, 2013

Opinion: The hapless surrender of states to the federal government

by Ogaga Ifowodo The solution to the Rivers House of Assembly crisis ought not to be more than subjecting to the rule of law the five members bent on trampling majority rule through violent and other unconstitutional measures. he cry of a colossal central government that has arrogated unto itself every important executive and legislative... Read More

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August 6, 2013

Opinion: Misconstruing impeachment parameters in the Constitution

by Charlie Agboriso Liberalising the process of impeachment is akin to removing the immunity clause. In an environment with fledgling institutions, such an act will constitute a needless distraction to the president, who may spend more time fending off impeachment than governing. There is a Bill before the House of Representatives calling for an Act... Read More

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August 6, 2013

Opinion: Why I reject local government autonomy

by Ochereome Nnanna If you grant financial autonomy to local councils, the chairmen will turn into 774 demons and tin gods, just as we have 36 of them in the states. They will spend the money as they like. They will defy the governor and run to the president for protection. IT will fail for... Read More

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August 3, 2013

Opinion: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – A prophet without honour in her country

by Omolara Williams And the surprising thing is that, even while our legislators and other not-so-informed people at home are busy maligning her, the world keeps celebrating her. Thus making hers the proverbial prophet who is honoured everywhere except in his own household. In the dark old days when the military dominated Nigeria’s political scene,... Read More

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July 31, 2013

Ife Adebayo: Primary education – Another basic need for Nigerians (Y! Politico)

by Ife Adebayo We need to get our children into school, EVERY ONE OF THEM. And the time to do that is TODAY. We are already many years late. Today I’ll be continuing the series on the hierarchy of needs for Nigerians. I wrote initially that the most basic of needs for Nigerians to survive... Read More

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July 31, 2013

Okey Ndibe: Minna, Abeokuta and bankruptcy of the Nigeria project

by Okey Ndibe This architect of Nigeria’s misfortune appears to cherish some Nigerians’ proclamation that he was a much better “leader” than, say, President Jonathan. Such flattery proceeds from a short memory as well as a profound misreading of Obasanjo’s role in misshaping our present. The starkest evidence yet of Nigeria’s despairing circumstances could be... Read More

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July 30, 2013

Opinion: NAFDAC, Paul Orhii and the tragedy of social media

by Bonaventure Melah Before the shock of the assassination attempt would fade, some people went to town in his home state of Benue circulating papers that alleged he was having affairs with his former aide. The advent of social media has no doubt provided additional platform for people to share information and knowledge about things... Read More

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July 30, 2013

Opinion: LG Autonomy- A necessity for sustainable democracy

by Ahmed Kaita The problem of governance, particularly at the local level has been a recurring decimal in the political history of Nigeria. It was heart warming seeing the resolve by the lower chambers of the National Assembly to restore some sanity in local government administration in Nigeria. Interestingly, the over bearing presence/influence of governors... Read More

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July 29, 2013

Ochereome Nnanna: Why we need an entirely new Constitution

by Ochereome Nnanna We are in this constitutional mess because the military bequeathed a document that is simply unviable, inchoate and discreditable. It is like trying to patch a structurally flawed building which has developed cracks all over. Between 2005 and 2006, the regime of President Olusegun Obasanjo started elaborate amendment of the 1999 Constitution.... Read More

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July 28, 2013

Simon Kolawole: Look very well before you leap

by Simon Kolawole President Goodluck Jonathan has spoken a lot about the need to focus our energies on agriculture. Ministers are reciting this like nursery rhyme. Governors have been quoting it like a proverb. At the level of talking, we have done extremely well. Can you believe it? Some readers actually thought I was taking... Read More

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July 24, 2013

Opinion: We need more focused constituency projects from legislators

by Abdullahi M.Seidu Allegations abound about how some members of the National Assembly ‘corner’ the funds of the constituency projects into their personal pockets without actually executing any projects. In the last couple of months, battles have raged between the executive and the legislative arm of government over the functionality of the 2013 budget. And... Read More

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July 24, 2013

Opinion: Meet Sani Yerima, the libidinous senator

by Bayo Oluwasanmi What type of people do we elect to run the affairs of our country? What do you expect when law breakers are law makers? What happens when ex-felons, absconded criminals, thieves, empty headed and sin-soaked apostates and “Cows of Bashan” preside over the affairs of a nation? Wise men talk because they... Read More

July 24, 2013

Japheth Omojuwa: Charity, as the opportunity cost of poverty (Y! FrontPage)

by Japheth Omojuwa We are not better off collecting stipends from our politicians than we’d be if we freed up our national wealth building infrastructure that’d benefit far more people. It is very easy to look at the pay of Nigerian legislators and accuse them of injustice like I did in today’s Punch newspaper. It... Read More

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July 11, 2013

National Assembly moves motion to take over Rivers State’s legislature

by Rachel Ogbu Following the political showdown in the Rivers State House of Assembly that has left the nation speechless, the House of Representatives on Wednesday supported a motion to take over the functions of Rivers State’s legislature. Albert Sam-Tsokwa (Taraba State) moved the motion at the National Assembly quoting Section 11 (4) of the 1999 Constitution... Read More

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July 6, 2013

Showdown: National Assembly set to confront the Presidency over $40 million spying contract

by Rachel Ogbu The National Assembly has planned to confront the Federal government over the controversial $40m Internet surveillance contract awarded to an Israeli firm, Elbit Systems. It is said that the company was instructed to secretly install a system that would enable security agencies to monitor the activities of Nigerians on the Internet but... Read More

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July 3, 2013

Nigeria is indeed due for revolution – Tambuwal

by Lucas TOGAN At the 2013 Distinguished Management Lecture of the Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered), the outspoken Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives – Aminu Tambuwal- dropped a bombshell saying that a revolution is due in Nigeria because of endemic corruption in the country, coupled with the general disaffection of the people with... Read More

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June 30, 2013

Sad news: Senator Pius Ewherido is dead

by Isi Esene Senator Akpor Pius Ewherido, representing Delta Central is dead. The senator died today at the National Hospital in Abuja. In his reaction to Senator Ewherido’s death, President Goodluck Jonathan expressed “shock and sadness” at the news of his passing. President Goodluck Jonathan in a condolence message on behalf of himself and members... Read More

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Senators, Reps may lose diplomatic passports after ‘review’ exercise

Opinion: The National Assembly is a symbol of waste

Japheth Omojuwa: It’s time to test this democracy (Y! FrontPage)

Ombatse cult killings: Nasarawa Assembly demands emergency rule

Opinion: Nigerians and revolution in the National Assembly

Opinion: We will soon move on from our rage over “jumbo” salaries of legislators

Debo Adejugbe: Oby Ezekwesili, National Assembly and the corruption bear hug (Y! Politico)

Opinion: Who is afraid of Dr. Ezekwesili?

Opinion: Pension – Waiting for the dead man’s shoes

N1trn expenses: Ezekwesili challenges NASS to public debate

N1 trillion spent on National Assembly members in 8 years – Oby Ezekwesili

Opinion: Constitution review and the challenge of nation-building – The path not taken

Opinion: Nigerian legislators are cats with nine lives

Opinion: The hapless surrender of states to the federal government

Opinion: Misconstruing impeachment parameters in the Constitution

Opinion: Why I reject local government autonomy

Opinion: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – A prophet without honour in her country

Ife Adebayo: Primary education – Another basic need for Nigerians (Y! Politico)

Okey Ndibe: Minna, Abeokuta and bankruptcy of the Nigeria project

Opinion: NAFDAC, Paul Orhii and the tragedy of social media

Opinion: LG Autonomy- A necessity for sustainable democracy

Ochereome Nnanna: Why we need an entirely new Constitution

Simon Kolawole: Look very well before you leap

Opinion: We need more focused constituency projects from legislators

Opinion: Meet Sani Yerima, the libidinous senator

Japheth Omojuwa: Charity, as the opportunity cost of poverty (Y! FrontPage)

National Assembly moves motion to take over Rivers State’s legislature

Showdown: National Assembly set to confront the Presidency over $40 million spying contract

Nigeria is indeed due for revolution – Tambuwal

Sad news: Senator Pius Ewherido is dead

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