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House of Representatives has listed electoral, local government and judicial reforms as its priorities. He said the aim is to promote democracy, grassroot development and speedy dispensation of justice in the country. The reforms are part of the priority areas of interventions contained in the recently unveiled Legislative Agenda of the Speaker, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen. The agenda acknowledged that the ...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, says the current administration cannot afford to fail Nigerians by changing the rules and charting a new course for the citizenry. Abbas said this while giving his remarks during the presentation of the 2024 appropriation bill by President Bola Tinubu. He said it was a well-known fact that millions of ...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, has said that the increase in the standing committees of the House from 109 to 134 was to allow for better legislative oversight of the ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government by the legislature. Abbas made this known durng an interactive session with journalists in the National Assembly ...

Former Zamfara Governor, Senator Sani Ahmed Yarima has hailed the emergence of Senator Godswill Akpabio as Senate President, describing it as victory for democracy to epitomize unity of purpose, inclusiveness in governance and stability in the polity. He congratulated the newly elected President of the Senate and his Deputy, Senator Barau Jibrin, as well as the Speaker of the House ...

Two of the speakership aspirants Hon Aliyu Betara and Hon Yusuf Gagdi have withdrawn from the race for Hon. Tajudeen Abbas. They agreed to step down from race on Sunday after a meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu abd Vice President Kashim Shettima. The meeting was attended by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila and Niger Governor, Mohammed Bago who was also a ...

The Kwara Central Senator-elect, Mallam Saliu Mustapha, has said President Bola Tinubu has not imposed on the lawmakers his choice of leaders of the 10th National Assembly. Mustapha, who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, said the President only appealed to their sense of reasoning and left the ultimate judgement to the legislators. Recall that the ruling party, ...

The All Progressives Congress’ anointed candidates for the position of speaker and deputy speaker for the 10th House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and Benjamin Kalu, respectively, yesterday met behind closed doors with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting is coming on the heels of the inauguration of the 10th leadership of the National Assembly slated for ...

As the race for the Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives goes on, a group has appealed to one of the contenders, Honourable Mukhtar Aliyu Betara to step down for Tajudeen Abbas. The political pressure group, North-East Advancement for Good Governance, led by its Coordinator, Hamza Ukkasha, made the appeal at a press conference held in Bauchi. According to ...