The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has decried the misrepresentation of figures in the 2025 budget proposal presented to the National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance. Oloyede, while fielding questions from newsmen at a sideline of an event in Abuja on Tuesday, dismissed reports making rounds that the Board spent … Read more
President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio says the critical task before the National Assembly on resumption is the completion of electoral reforms, given the preparations for next electoral cycle. Akpabio said this in his welcome back speech at plenary on Tuesday. Akpabio in the speech titled” Rising to the Greatness of Our Calling” said lawmakers had … Read more
The House of Representatives has fixed Jan. 7 for commencement of the 2025 budget defence by ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). The Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, Rep. Abubakar Bichi (APC-Kano) stated this in Abuja on Monday. Recall President Bola Tinubu had on Dec. 18, 2024, presented the 2025 Appropriation Bill of the N49.74 trillion … Read more
President Bola Tinubu says his administration is encouraged by the National Assembly’s support over the last 19 months and is determined to take Nigeria to the Promised Land. The President spoke on Wednesday while receiving Vice President Kashim Shettima, the leadership of the National Assembly, and former principal officers of the National Assembly … Read more
Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele has listed the consideration of the N49.7 trillion 2025 budget and the Tax Reform Bills as two of the items topping National Assembly’s agenda in the new year. Bamidele said this in his new year message to Nigerians made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. Opeyemi’s message was entitled: … Read more
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) says there is need for the National Assembly to amend the pension law for more robust packages for retired civil servants. ASCSN National President Shehu Muhammed made this known at a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos. Muhammed said that issues surrounding pension had been lingering for … Read more
A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Idem Unyime (PDP-Akwa Ibom) has disclosed that the National Assembly (NASS) will begin scrutinising the 2025 budget presented by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday from January 2025. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Rep. Unyime made the disclosure while speaking on the 2025 Appropriation Bill of N47.9 trillion presented to … Read more
President Bola Tinubu will on Tuesday present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the joint session of the National Assembly (NASS). This was disclosed by President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio, during the plenary on Thursday. Akpabio said the budget presentation would take place at the chamber of House of Representatives. Recall that on November … Read more
The Southern caucus in the House of Representatives says it is in support of the tax reforms bills introduced by President Bola Tinubu. The leader of the caucus, Rep. Nicholas Mutu (PDP-Delta), made this known at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday. The bills seek to provide fiscal framework as well as … Read more
A former member of the Senate, Shehu Sani, has cautioned the National Assembly against allowing its influence to be diminished by its actions. Sani stated this while speaking at the opening of the National Assembly Legislative Aides’ Forum (NASSLAF) Week on Tuesday in Abuja. The pro-democracy activist also urged the legislators to selflessly … Read more