Sentences with phrase «of national assembly»

Saraki said this at the joint session of the National Assembly when President Muhammadu Buhari made the presentation of the 2018 Budget Proposal.

We also have at least three Members of the European Parliament, and if we live in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales, a member of a National Assembly.

Christine Mary Humphreys - President of the Welsh Liberal Democrats; former Member of the National Assembly for Wales

Mark Allan Isherwood (born 21 January 1959) is a Conservative member of the National Assembly for Wales for the region of North Wales.

Sani while speaking in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital as Guest Speaker at the 5th Olalekan Olomide Platform for Development held at the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Secretariat Iyaganku, Ibadan, said he revealed the «take home» of the Senate to eliminate the stigma and wrong perceptions of Nigerians about members of the National Assembly.

The opposition boycotted Mr Maduro's swearing - in on Friday, claiming that - under the constitution - the speaker of the National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, should be the one to take over as acting president.

The lawmakers while reacting to the suit against the Senate President said Saraki had provided the needed leadership for the upper chamber of the National Assembly to define an efficient agenda that would make the legislature represent the interest of the people.

Appropriation committee in both chambers of the National Assembly, on Tuesday, submitted reports on the 2018 Appropriation Bill, six months after its presentation.

Osinbajo, had in an interview on Tuesday said, «If you recall when I was Acting President, I signed the 2017 budget and, at that time, I made the announcement with the full consensus of the National Assembly that, from 2018, we are going to have a budget that is going to apply in January and end in December the normal financial year.

For instance, Senator Dino Melayo had on several occasions in the floor of the national Assembly exposed explosive financial infractions committed by officials of the current presidency including the huge bills that Nigerian National Petroleum Corporations spends illegally as subsidy for importation of fuel and the illegal employment of children of favoured politically connected persons into plumb jobs in the central bank of Nigeria.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Aliyu Sabi - Abdullahi, who briefed journalists in Abuja on Thursday, announced that a Federal High Court had ruled that the upper chamber of the National Assembly had the powers to confirm or reject Magu's appointment.

I am happy to say that it's through the support of the National Assembly that funds were put together to complete this institution and I can assure you of our continued commitment to supporting the fight against corruption.

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that the 2017 Appropriation Bill that he will present to the joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday would...

Also, the Acting President said he withheld assent to the National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2016 due to «the existence of pending legal challenge to the competence of the National Assembly to legislate on the subject matter.»

Their lawyer, Mr. Eyitayo Fatogun, who filed the notice of appeal on behalf of the appellants, stated in one of the grounds of appeal that Justice Kolawole erred in declaring that the SJIP was unknown to the constitution and the extant Acts of the National Assembly.

Some senators on Saturday demanded immunity and life pension for presiding officers of the National Assembly after their tenure in office.

There has been a running battle between the Senate and the IG following Idris» failure to appear before the upper chamber of the National Assembly to answer questions on -LSB-...]

The upper chamber of the National Assembly is to conduct confirmation hearing on Magu's appointment on Thursday.

At a time Nigerians are groaning under the yoke of recession, members of the National Assembly (NASS) comprising the Senators and Members of House of Representatives...

Both chambers of the National Assembly hinged the delay in passing budget on the failure of heads of ministries, departments and agencies to defend the appropriations bill.

It was indeed «moments of madness» on Tuesday at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly as legislators on the platform of the ruling All Progressives...

He urged members of the National Assembly to live with what it preaches as he decried diversion of LGs funds by the governors across the country.

The upper chamber of the National Assembly also sought the release of the remaining 112 Chibok girls in captivity.

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has tasked the various standing committees of the National Assembly to ensure full implementation of the 2016 budget through effective...

Agbakoba urged the court to determine «whether by virtue of Section 147 (2) of the 1999 Constitution, the President can hold the office of the Minister of Petroleum Resources without confirmation by the Senate of the National Assembly.»

Adeboye further called on members of the National Assembly to pass the 2018 appropriation bill, noting that the second quarter of the year was almost over.

From its cannibalistic proclivities, the world can see why the APC and its insensitive Federal Government care less about the lives and welfare of Nigerians, resulting in the escalation of violence, bloodletting, mass killings, extra-judicial executions, persecution of citizens, abuse of human rights, constitutional violations, including invasion of the National Assembly as well as attack on federal lawmakers and judicial officers.

Mid and West Wales is an electoral region of the National Assembly for Wales, consisting of eight constituencies.

«We have watched the helplessness of the National Assembly where members of the executive even refuse your invitations to come and make explanations contrary to provisions of the constitution.

President Muhammadu Buhari will today (Wednesday) present the 2017 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly.

Speaking on behalf of the body, the President - General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, said the recent invasion of the Senate by thugs that forcefully snatch the mace of the Red Chamber and the refusal of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to honour the summons of the Senate were clear examples of the Executive's disregard for the institution of the National Assembly.

Oputa expressed the readiness of the group to strategically engage with the leadership of the National Assembly on the kinds of reforms that will help remedy the deficiencies plaguing Nigeria's electoral process.

The Senate has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission against being misguided on the extent of the powers of the National Assembly in the amendment to the Electoral Act 2010.

At the 2015 parliamentary election, PSUV lost its majority in the National Assembly for the first time since the unicameral legislature's creation in 2000 against the Democratic Unity Roundtable, earning 55 out of the National Assembly's 167 seats.

The meeting, which was held in Room 022 in the New Building section of the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, began shortly after Saraki and the National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie - Oyegun, led others to the venue at 2.30 pm before journalists were sent out at 2.45 pm.

Ekwunife, a first time Senator who was inaugurated into the upper chamber of the National Assembly on June, 2015, had her election invalidated by Appeal Court in Enugu on December 6, 2015, on grounds of irregularities.

While some senators would want Nigerians to believe that the confirmation had been rejected by the upper chamber of the National Assembly others are crying foul.

The party therefore, «admonishes the leadership and members of the National Assembly to consider the general peace, welfare of our nation and put aside this impeachment plot as we need to unite to save our nation from those who wants to plunge this nation into unwarranted crisis in order to safeguard their loots.

Jibrin, who arrived at the APC Headquarters around 2 pm, was summoned by the national executive of the party after his allegation of budget padding against the leadership of the House of Representatives led to tension in the lower chamber of the National Assembly.

This should explain why he enjoys being the drama king of the National Assembly.

David J. Rowlands is a Welsh politician who has been a UK Independence Party (UKIP) Member of the National Assembly for Wales for South Wales East region since the National Assembly for Wales election, 2016.

In December, the budget proposal presented to a joint session of the national assembly by Buhari was N6.07 trn.

The Welsh devolution referendum on law - making powers also known as the Referendum on the law - making powers of the National Assembly for Wales was a non-binding referendum held in Wales on 3 March 2011 on whether the Welsh Assembly should have full law making powers in the twenty subject areas where it has jurisdiction.

The federal lawmakers had also called on Buhari to find time to address a joint session of the National Assembly on what are being done to tackle recession.

How come one Iyiola Omisore got elected into the upper chamber of the National Assembly from behind prison bars while standing trial for complicity in the murder of Uncle Bola Ige, the Cicero, then serving Federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General?

In a media release in reaction to the 2018 budget speech rendered before the joint session of the National Assembly by president -LSB-...]

Aliero said, «The Senate observes that the present Revenue Allocation Formula has been in operation before the commencement of this democratic dispensation in 1999; it is aware that there is no extant Act of the National Assembly accepting the present Revenue Allocation Formula, which means the formula in use now is unconstitutional;

He is in addition, probably much better than half of the National Assembly.

Nigerians and the international community are aware that the illegal withdrawal by the Buhari government triggered an impeachment attempt against the President at the Senate of the National Assembly which is still raising dust.

The lower chamber of the National Assembly had also informed the Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase to immediately seal off the assembly since the House is now in charge.