Senator Ajibola Basiru, the spokesperson of the Nigerian Senate, has reacted to reports claiming 50 members of the National Assembly have tested positive for COVID-19. Sahara Reporters had published on its Twitter handle on Tuesday, July 7 that 50 members of the National Assembly had tested positive for the novel Coronavirus. ”Panic At @NASSnigeria As Over 50 Lawmakers Allegedly Test Positive For #COVID19 | Sahara Reporters A lawmaker told journalists that about 50 of his colleagues had been tested …
Tag: LAWMAKERS
Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment was quizzed by lawmakers over the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) recruitment today June 30, and was spotted in a video having a shouting match with them. One of the lawmakers was heard telling the Minister that they want to ensure his efficiency and also make sure he is doing the right thing. However when the lawmaker said that lawmakers also have the constitutional responsibilty of exposing corruption, Keyamo …
An additional 13 lawmakers of the Imo state House of Assembly have tested positive for COVID-19. The new cases were confirmed barely six days after a lawmaker, whose identity was not released, tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the state. Professor Maurice Iwu, the chairman of the state’s Covid-19 task force, had earlier disclosed on Tuesday, June 16, that a member of the house of assembly tested positive. He added that the infected lawmaker has been placed on isolation with …
A couple has been arrested in connection with the death of Sam Aleke, the brother of the lawmaker representing Ebonyi Northwest constituency in the state House of Assembly, Victor Aleke. The late Sam Aleke was found dead in the boot of his car along Nkwuagu Road near a military cantonment in Abakaliki about two weeks ago. He was said to have told his pregnant wife he was going to collect an earpiece from a friend and never returned home. …
Senator Ali Ndume has called for the immediate adoption of Part-time legislative status for the National Assembly and the reduction in the salaries of lawmakers. Ndume who is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, said this while speaking with newsmen in Abuja today June 10. “As far as I’m concerned, we can make the National Assembly a part-time arrangement for now since we conduct our sitting once or twice in a week these days. If we make it part …
Lagos state house of assembly speaker, Mudashiru Obasa has been cleared of the corruption allegation levelled against him. Victor Akande, the representative of Ojo constituency 1 and chairman of the nine-man fact-finding panel which probed Obasa, said all the allegations made against the speaker were “frivolous” during the presentation of his panel’s report on Monday June 8. The panel which recommended that the clerk of the house Azeez Sanni should investigate how documents which led to the allegations against the speaker …