Buhari under fire for approving N37b for National Assembly renovation

   President Muhammadu Buhari came under fire on Wednesday, hours after he signed on his birthday the N10.59 trillion 2020 budget, as he offered too generous gift to the National Assembly: a N37 billion fat envelope to renovate the complex.

“It is my pleasant duty, today, on my 77th birthday, to sign the 2020 Appropriation Bill into law. I’m pleased that the National Assembly has expeditiously passed this Bill. Our Federal Budget is now restored to a January-December implementation cycle”, Buhari declared at the signing ceremony, surrounded by National Assembly leaders.

Dokpesi denies dumping PDP for APC

 

   A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, on Tuesday dismissed reports that he left the opposition party to join the ruling All Progressives Congress, saying that nothing impressed or attracted him to the ruling party.

Nigeria’s Ex President Goodluck Jonathan's Birthday Wish To President Buhari On Occasion Of His 77th Birthday

       Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has felicitated with President Muhammadu Buhari on the occasion of his 77th birthday. In a goodwill message he personally signed, the former President thanked God for protecting Buhari and prayed for divine guidance over him as he carried out the task of nation-building.

Senate Summons Aregbesola Over Visa-On-Arrival Policy Introduced By Federal Government

  The Senate on Tuesday has summoned the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola to explain details of the visa on arrival policy introduced by the Federal government.

    President Buhari had announced that the new policy will come into effect from January 2020, but lawmakers argue that the policy is in furtherance of the continental free trade agreement which needs to be domesticated. Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi who cited Orders 42 & 52, moved a motion on the urgent need to seek domestication of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement by Act of the National Assembly.

House of representatives reject bill seeking 6-year single term for President, Governors

 

    The House of Representatives has rejected a bill seeking to amend the 1999 constitution to provide for a six-year single term for the President and governors. The bill sponsored by John Dyegh (APC, Benue) is also seeking a six-year multiple tenure for federal and state legislators.