Balarabe Alkassim

1 week ago | dailytrust.com | Balarabe Alkassim

The House of Representatives Committee on Nutrition and Food Security has commenced a probe into the N1.12 trillion spent on the federal government’s Anchors Borrowers Programme (ABP). It is also probing NIRSAL Microficnance Bank for N215 billion spent on agrobusinesses as well as the Bank of Industry (BOI) over N3 billion disbursed to 22,120 smallholder farmers through the agriculture value chain financing programme.

2 weeks ago | dailytrust.com | Balarabe Alkassim

The Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), has appeared before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee overseeing the administration of the state under the state of emergency. He appeared on Wednesday to defend the N1.481 trillion budget approved by the National Assembly. On May 22, 2025, President Bola Tinubu had sent N1.481 trillion to the House of reps as the 2025 budget proposal for Rivers State.

3 weeks ago | allafrica.com | Saawua Terzungwe |Itodo Daniel Sule |Balarabe Alkassim

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has ruled out automatic tickets for its first term members at the National Assembly. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Barrister Felix Morka, in a statement said the party would not give automatic tickets to federal lawmakers who are members of the party as reported by an online medium.

1 month ago | dailytrust.com | Balarabe Alkassim

The House of Representatives has stated that it became necessary to amend the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) in order to reposition it to discharge its responsibilities effectively. The Chairman, House Committee on Finance, Rep. James Abiodun Faleke stated this in his address at a public hearing on a Bill to restructure and strengthen MOFI’s operations, held jointly by the House of Representatives Committee on Finance and Committee on Public Assets on Tuesday.

1 month ago | dailytrust.com | Balarabe Alkassim

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Abbas Tajudeen, says he has withdrawn the controversial Compulsory Voting Bill. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Abdullahi Krishi on Monday, the Speaker stated that, “following extensive consultations with a broad spectrum of stakeholders, he has decided to withdraw the Bill to Amend the Electoral Act 2022 to make voting mandatory for all eligible Nigerians, which he co-sponsored with Hon.