Senate Approves N 213,821, 671, 494 For Virement
The Senate on Tuesday 29th November 2016 approved the sum of N213, 821, 671, 494 (Two Hundred and Thirteen Billion, Eight Hundred and Twenty One Million, Six Hundred and Seventy One Thousand, Four Hundred and Ninety Four) Naira as funds to be vired from the 2016 budget following the request of President Muhammadu Buhari. It […]
Senate To Investigate Revenue Generating Agencies For Misuse And Non Remittance Of Generated Revenue
The Senate on Wednesday 29th November 2016 constituted an Adhoc Committee to investigate the alleged misuse, under remittance, non remittance and other fraudulent practices in the collection, accounting, remittance and expenditure of internally generated revenue by all revenue generating agencies of government between 2012 to 2016. Moving a motion titled ‘‘Urgent need to investigate Revenue […]
House Calls On The Ministry Of Petroleum To Review Petroleum Pricing Template
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Ministry of Petroleum to review the current template for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) with a view to bringing down the price. Moving the motion at the plenary session of Tuesday, November 29 2016, Hon. Abubakar Hassan Fulata (APC: Jigawa) expressed concern over the possible hike in […]
Labour Amendment Bill, 2016 Scales Second Reading In Senate
On Wednesday 30th November 2016 the Labour Act (Amendment) Bill, 2016 was read for the second time in Senate. The bill seeks to delete sections in the Labour Act 2004 that restrict employment opportunities for women. Leading the debate on the objectives of the bill, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu (APC:Lagos) stated that effective eradication of unemployment […]