Tag: National Assembly

The House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise has praised the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command for its outstanding revenue generation and trade facilitation performance, while assuring of legislative intervention to tackle opera...

The National Assembly on Thursday passed the ₦54.99trn 2025 Appropriation Bill. The bill was passed separately by the Senate and the House of Representatives. A breakdown of the budget showed N3.645trn for statutory transfers, N14.317trn for debt servicing, ...

 In a major boost to the operations of the Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) and the Nigerian capital market, the Senate  has passed the Investments and Securities Bill 2024.The Investments and Securities Bill, meant to repeal the Securities and Exch...

As part of its oversight function of monitoring the performances of concessioned firms, the Senate Committee on Privatisation, led by Senator Sunday Marshall Katung, has expressed the committee’s readiness to facilitate a faster renewal of Ports and Carg...

The House of Representative Committee on National Inland Waterways has lauded the Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Mr. Bola Oyebamiji, for his remarkable achievements and dedication within a short period of his tenure. Durin...

The House of Representative Committee on Industry, accompanied by top Management of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) extended its oversight visit on Thursday to Coscharis Motors Assembly Plant in Lagos.The objective of the visit w...

President Bola Tinubu on Monday assured Nigerians that his administration’s economic recovery plan was on the right path to realizing the nation’s dreams and aspirations.The President stated this at the State House while inaugurating seven new Minister...

Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Delegated Legislation has expressed readiness to synergize with the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) to further propel the development of the Nigeria Automotive Industry.This was di...

The House of Representatives Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation has assured port stakeholders of the readiness of the committee to collaborate with the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, to resolve the port concession renew...

The Senate and the House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to increase the percentage of Ways and Means loans the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) can give to the Federal Government.  The upper chamber of the Nigerian legislature...

The House of Representatives has passed the Nigerian Shipping and Port Economic Regulatory Agency Bill.  The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) Pius Akutah disclosed te development on Friday.Declaring the 2024 Operational Retreat or...

The National Assembly, as part of the moves to strengthen the regulatory function of the National Identity Management Commission, has embarked on repealing and enacting the NIMC Act No. 23.  The NIMC Bill represents a significant legislative endeavour to ...

To successfully establish State Police, Senator in the 7th National Assembly, Senator Ita Enang, has advised President Bola Tinubu to abolish the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and incorporate the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) with the Nig...