politics

South-South governor’s forum has called for the upward review of the oil derivation formula from the present 13 percent to 50 per cent. The Delta State Commissioner for Finance, Fidelis Ekenwo, stated that these were among the resolutions of the governors, local government chairmen and people of the zone at the end of a two-day public hearing on the revenue allocation formula review for the South-South organized by the Revenue […]

The House of Representatives has approved a bill seeking to create a special welfare package for people living around airports across the country. The bill, sponsored by a lawmaker, Ganiyu Johnson, representing Oshodi/Isolo II Federal Constituency in Lagos State, noted that the proposal is to empower the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria to recognize the environmental hazard caused by flights on the lives of the inhabitants of the communities around […]

The South-South Governors forum says it has approved a regional security outfit for the zone. Chairman of the forum, Ifeanyi Okowa, disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the end of the closed-door meeting yesterday. Okowa reiterated that the governors are in full support of the collection of Value Added Tax by states. The Governor urged the National Asse4mbly to review the Petroleum Industry Bill.

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has called out southern governors for enacting anti-open grazing law in their region. According to El-Rufai, the law is not implementable, noting that the Northern States Governors Forum has already taken a position that open grazing is not a sustainable way of livestock production and must move towards ranching. He further disclosed that he had embarked on the construction of a ranch that will take […]

The Senate has threatened to issue arrest warrants against any Head of Federal Government agency that failed to appear before it to defend the queries raised against them by the Auditor General for the Federation. The Chairman, Senate Public Accounts Committee, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, stated this while speaking with newsmen at his office in Abuja. Urhoghide disclosed that the Senate had already decided that it would not attend to the […]

The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has said the Federal Government will appeal the judgment that awarded N20bn in damages against the Department of State Services, DSS. Malami disclosed that efforts were already being made to commence the process of appealing the judgment. Recall that Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, ordered the Federal Government to pay Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as […]

Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has criticized the Southern Governors’ Forum over their resolution that supports states’ collection of Value Added Tax, VAT. Umahi, maintained that the resolution of the Forum does not reflect his stand on the issue, adding that the state will not pursue VAT collection or implement the decision of the Forum. The Governor stressed that a number of states would collapse if VAT collection moves from […]

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Governors’ Forum has urged the National Assembly to set up a conference committee to harmonize the two versions of the Electoral Act Amendment. A statement issued by the Chairman of the forum, Aminu Tambuwal, charged the National Assembly to adopt the version of the bill passed by the House of Representatives, as it gives the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the liberty to adopt electronic […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to approve $4 billion and €710 million external loans. The request was contained in a letter signed by the President, and read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan at plenary today. The letter disclosed that the loan, if approved, would enable the Federal Government fund critical infrastructural projects in different sectors across the country. It noted that the proposed loan would be financed […]