Category: The Parliament

Reps Want MDA’s To Comply With Disabilities Act As Aviation Stakeholders Assure PWDs Of Equal Access To Air Travel Nigerian House of Representatives has reiterated commitment to ensuring compliance with the Disabilities Act across various Ministries Departments Agencies, MDAs of Government The Disability Act, also known as the Discrimination against People with Disabilities Prohibition Act…

Nigerian House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Education to commence full implementation of the National Policy on Education with regards to Special Needs Education and ensure that adequate resources are made available to provide a conducive learning environment in public schools for pupils and students with special needs. The House also mandated…

Reps Raise Alarm Over disregard to Safety Standards, Regulations By Nigeria’s Institutions The Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has raised concerns over disregard and non-compliance to safety standards and regulations by some public and private institutions across the country. The Speaker who expressed concerns in Abuja while delivering his address at…

Reps’ Speaker Assures PWD Of Full Implementation of National Disability Act. Nigerian House of Representatives has assured the People With Disabilities ( PWD) that it will collaborate and employ all legislative means to ensure compliance and full implementation of the National Disability Act passed in 2018. The Speaker of the House, Rt Hon. Tajudeen Abass…

  Nigeria’s Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio has led the nation’s delegation which are members of the Parliament to Angola, tagged IPU147, where delegates and stakeholders are involved in the ongoing discussions on the strengthening of the global health architecture, focusing on the work of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB). The event, currently ongoing in…

Nigerian House of Representatives has decried the Bad State Of Primary Healthcare Centres across the country,urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on the health sector in order to give it a large amount of funding in the budget forecasts for 2024. This followed the House’s resolution on Thursday after a lawmaker…

A member of House of Representatives Hon.Sani Jaji (APC-Zamfara) has raised concerns over the safety of children in schools in some part of Northern Nigeria due to incessant kidnaping and activities of bandits Hon.Jaji, who represents Kaura-Namoda/Birnin Magaji Federal Constituency, said this while addressing newsmen in Abuja, following the abductions of students at the Federal…

Nigeria@63: Rep Wale Ahmed Calls For Strengthening of Security Infrastructures, NYSC Scheme. …Urges Prospective NYSC Members To Stop Influencing Their Postings. A member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Hon. Wale Ahmed representing Agege federal constituency of Lagos State has called on federal government to strengthen critical institutions such as security infrastructures and the National…

Nigerian House of Representatives said on Wednesday that it would ensure the late Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, receives proper compensation and royalties for his music. This assurance sequel to a motion of urgent public importance moved earlier by Rep Babajimi Benson (APC-Lagos) to secure the royalties of Mohbad’s songs. Rep Olumide Osoba (APC-Ogun), Chairman…