Tag: Femi Gbajabiamila
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School Certificate Requirement Not Enough For Public Office Holders — Gbajabiamila
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila believes the current constitutional provision where the educational qualification for elective offices is pegged at secondary school certificate should be increased. The Speaker made the comment while delivering a paper titled ‘Building Back Better: Creating A New Framework For Tertiary Education In Nigeria In The 21st…
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Gbajabiamila meets newspaper vendors, assures adequate care for late colleague’s family
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Sunday met with members of the Abuja Newspapers Distributors Association (ANDA) and the Newspapers Vendors Association, Abuja (NVAA) to condole with them over the death of their colleague, Ifeanyi Okereke. Okereke was shot by a member of Gbajabiamila’s security detail on Thursday. Gbajabiamila, who visited…
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Abuja newspaper vendors protest member’s death, demand justice
Newspapers vendors in the Federal Capital Territory on Friday protested the killing of their colleagues, Ifeanyi Elechi, who was shot dead on Thursday by a security aide to the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. The vendors who were carrying placards, demanded justice, insisting that the errant operative who is believed to be a Department…
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How my security aide killed newspaper vendor — Gbajabiamila
The Speaker of the House of Representative, Femi Gbajabiamila has confirmed the death of a newspaper vendor shot by one of his security aides on Thursday. Gbajabiamila who, in a series of tweets on his official handle in the early hours of Friday, narrated how the incident took place, explained that the vendor was hit…
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Gbajabiamila salutes Sanwo-Olu over 377 road projects, N5bn COVID-19 support fund
The Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has commended the Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Sanwo-Olu, for flagging off 377 roads and power projects across all wards of the state. Gbajabiamila in a press statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Lanre Lasisi, also lauded Sanwo-Olu’s launching of…
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Reps silent on cost of chamber’s electronic system
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Friday, inspected the new facilities installed in the chamber to reconfigure the system from analogue to digital. Gbajabiamila, who was guided by his aides to test the gadgets, was accompanied by the Chairman, House Committee on Services, Wale Raji; Chairman, House Committee on Media and…
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House of Reps adopts E-sittings, voting
The 9th House of Representatives, in fulfilment of its Legislative Agenda, has installed an electronic system for all of its proceedings. The House will, on resumption next week, discard voice voting and drop its reference to hard copies of instruments of legislation. The Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Rep. Benjamin…
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NDDC contract: Allegations against me untrue — Uduaghan
Former Delta Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has described “as laughable and untrue” allegations by Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Senator Godswill Akpabio he benefitted from a N429m road contract from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Akpabio had in a letter to Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila linked Uduaghan and his predecessor, James Ibori , among others with…
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Publish report on corruption probe, SERAP tells Lawan, Gbajabiamila
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent Freedom of Information (FoI) requests to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, urging them to urgently publish all reports of completed public hearings and corruption probes by the National Assembly since the return of democracy in 1999.…
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Reps honours DCP Abba Kyari over outstanding performance
The House of Representatives on Thursday honoured the leader of the Inspector-General of Police’ Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari for distinguishing himself in effective service delivery to the Nigerian Police Force and the country. Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, was invited in the chamber during Thursday’s plenary. The invitation and honour came following a…