LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to give directive to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige to act according to existing laws on the planned Special Public Works (SPW) programme. The House resolved that the Constitution does not recognize the office of the Minister of State…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the alleged secret account being kept by the Nigerian Ports Authority with a balance of over $1bn. The move followed the unanimous adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by Mr Kolawole Lawal at the plenary on Thursday. The motion was entitled,…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has faulted the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on the claim that Ghana has apologised to Nigeria on the demolition of buildings of the Nigerian Embassy in the country. The House, while dismissing the call for diplomatic negotiations by the minister, demanded that Nigeria should seek retaliation…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has expressed outrage over the expenditure of N186 billion on the Federal Government’s School feeding programme by the National Conditional Cash Transfer Office (NICTO). The House frowned at the amount when the officials coordinating the programme appeared before its Committee on Public Accounts on Monday. The Chairman of…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the House of Representatives to maintain status quo on the infectious disease bill which has passed second reading. Justice Ifeoma Ojukwu also summoned the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila; the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the House of Representaives have called on the Federal Government halt flight from UK,Spain, Italy,China, South Korea where there are high cases of dreaded coronavirus. The lawmakers made the resolution on Tuesday while adopting a motion of urgent national importance by Onofiok Luke(Akwa-Ibom, PDP). They also resolved that only Nigerian…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dolapo Badru has reaffirmed the committee’s commitment in returning Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) not only to Nigerian ports, but also to the nation’s land borders. Badru, who made this affirmation during the oversight function of the committee in…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Bill for an Act to amend the Labour Act to criminalise casualisation of workers after six months of engagement by employers in Nigeria on Tuesday passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill which seeks to prohibit engagement of casual workers beyond six months and outsourcing employment in core…