The National Assembly a few minutes ago transmitted the harmonised 2018 Budget to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, confirmed the transmission of the passed N9.12 trillion Appropriation Bill to the President. He said: “I have received the budget on behalf […]
After over 180 days of the formal laying of the 2018 Appropriation Bill by President Muhammadu Buhari before the joint session of the National Assembly, the Senate today passed the Bill following the consideration and adoption of the report by the joint National Assembly Committee on Appropriation. The report was laid before the Senate yesterday […]
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Dr. Maikanti Baru, has projected that the remaining parts of the Petroleum Industry Bill would be passed before the end of June this year. Baru, who set the deadline at the 2018 Oloibiri Lecture Series and Energy Forum organised by the Society for Petroleum […]
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has challenged the Federal Government on the need to frontally tackle the burgeoning social, political and economic challenges in the country