A Retreat of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions
House Committee on Interparliamentary Affairs
A Bill For An Act To Establish The Electoral Offences Tribunal And Commission Passes Second Reading
“A Bill to Establish the Electoral Offences Tribunal for the purpose of trying Electoral Offences “and “A Bill to Establish the Nigerian Electoral Offences Commission charged with the responsibility of prohibition and prosecution of Electoral Offences “ unanimously passed second reading in the House of Representatives. Leading debate on the Bills at the House plenary […]
House Calls On The Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) To Release Outstanding Voters’ Cards
The House of Representatives at its plenary session of 14thJune,2016called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to release outstanding Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) that it failed to distribute before the 2015 General Elections. Moving the motion, Hon. Shadimu Mutiu Alao (PDP: Lagos) raised concerns over INEC’s capacity stating that INEC had disenfranchised millions of […]
Senate Steps Down Consideration Of North East Development Commission Bill, 2016
The Senate has stepped down further consideration of the report on the North East Development Commission Bill, 2016 and has set up during its plenary on Tuesday 14th June, 2016 a six man Ad-hoc committee to consider the financial implication and location of the proposed commission’s headquarters. It would be recalled that the Bill was […]