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WITH the country bogged down by an avalanche of challenges on all fronts, many argue that the National Assembly ought to serve as a pathfinder because of its statutory functions. OSARETIN OSADEBAMWEN and KEKINDE AKINTOLA write on the unfinished business of the National Assembly as the members reconvene for the 2021 legislative calendar after their Christmas break.
PUBLIC perception of the ninth National Assembly is a major subject of discourse across the country. Though there is no consensus on how most Nigerians rate the current legislature, quite a number of the citizens are suspect on the relationship between the executive arm of government and the National Assembly. Some believe that the latter has almost compromised on its statutory function as the main watchdog to keep the executive in check. In other words, it has not adequately acted to guarantee checks and balances in the scheme of things. But, the president of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has insisted that the
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The member representing Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Farah Dagogo, has queried the justification of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, to cancel the N4.5 billion Model School project in Bonny Island, Rivers State.
In a statement on Wednesday by the lawmaker’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ibrahim Lawal said, the NLNG had signed an agreement guaranteeing funding which was estimated at N4.5 billion.
According to the Lawmaker, the tripartite agreement reached among NLNG, the Rivers State Government and Tianjin Energy Resources Limited is also threatened and may be breached.
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The member representing Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency of River State in the House of Representatives, Mr Farah Dagogo, has faulted the reason cited by the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited for cancelling a model school project in Bonny Island, Rivers State.
The NLNG had in April 2015 co-signed a deal with the Rivers State government and Tianjin Energy Resources Limited to spend N4.5bn on the development of the school.
By the tripartite agreement, NLNG’s funding would be phased, based on construction milestones of building and equipping the new school. The agreement was to provide the guiding framework for building infrastructure necessary to deliver quality education at the school.