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By Femi Ogunshola Abuja, May 19, 2021 The National Assembly Joint committee on Police Affairs has approved N74 billion 2021 budget for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF). Mr Ahmad Sokoto, the Executive Secretary, NPTF disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja after a close door meeting with the National Assembly Joint
Reps reassure on ending incessant doctors strike in Nigeria By Femi Ogunshola Abuja, April 29, 2021 The House of Representatives has reassured that it would put in place mechanism to end incessant doctorsâ strike in Nigeria. Speaker Femi Gbajabiamika said this when he met with the Ministers of Health and Finance, the Accountant General of the Federation and members of Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Thursday in Abuja. Gbajabiamila expressed gratitude for the tireless efforts of all stakeholders to ensure that NARD suspended its strike. He said that it was necessary t...
By Femi Ogunshola Abuja, April 28, 2021 The House of Representatives have asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to immediately suspend the recapitalisation of Microfinance Banks (MFBs). This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Saidu Abdullahi ( APC-Niger) on the floor of the House on Wednesday in Abuja. Moving the motion, Abdullahi said that out of 874 licensed MFBs, about 612 may be negatively affected by the recapitalisation policy. According to him, from findings, only 30 per cent of MFBs will be able to meet the April 2021 timeline while 70 per cent are likely to be out of busin...
By Femi Ogunshola Abuja, April 9, 2021 The House of Representative on Friday in Abuja begged the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to consider the plight of Nigerians and end its nine old days strike. Rep. Tanko Sununu, the Chairman, House Committee on Healthcare Services, made the appeal at a meeting between NARD and the committee that lasted for five hours. He pleaded with NARD to consider the plight of ordinary citizens, adding that action will be taken against all the accusations raised. “Please consider the plight of a common man who has to go and source for what to eat ...
By Femi Ogunshola Abuja, Feb. 16, 2021 The House of Representatives on Tuesday, set up an Adhoc committee to investigate the disbursement of funds received by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of Government from 2015 to 2020. Rep Henry Nwawuba (PDP–Imo) who moved the motion to investigate the disbursement of special funds for public interventions received by agencies of government on the floor of the house in Abuja He said that it was in a bid to ensure that such funds were properly utilised. He expressed concern that despite the huge amount of funds invested on special interve...