about three weeks for the Easter break
– There has been a lot of drama surrounding
national issues
– These issues will be deliberated on the
floor of the Senate as they resume plenary
today
Senate President, Bukola Saraki
The National Assembly on Tuesday, April 12, resumed plenary with pending issues in focus for the lawmakers to deliberate on.
The Senate is likely to deliberate on call for the resignation of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki due to his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) as well as some revelations linking him to the Panama deal.
Senator Abdul Fatai Buhari, the Chairman Senate Committee of ICT and Cybercrime and the Coalition Against Corrupt
Leaders (CACOL) called on the Senate
President, to tow the path of honour by
resigning as the President of the Nigerian
Senate or be ready to be disgraced out of
office.
Following his inauguration on May 29,
President Muhammadu Buhari directed that
all political office holders should declare
their assets on assumption of office.
Thereafter, the Code of Conduct Bureau
(CCB) disclosed that there were some
irregularities in the assets declared by
Saraki.
Following the revelation, the Code of
Conduct Tribunal issued a 13 count charge
on false asset declaration against him.
His trial is presently on going at the CCT and
some Nigerians are calling on him to resign
honurably.
There is also the likelyhood that the senate
will deliberate on some controversies
sorrounding the 2016 budget.
The Senate on Wednesday, March 23,
passed the long awaited 2016 budget
submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The 2016 Budget of N6,060,677,358,277 was
reduced by N17,002,641,773.
On Tuesday, December 22, 2015, President
Muhammadu Buhari laid before a joint sitting
of the National Assembly the 2016
appropriation bill. The bill contained the
estimates of revenue and expenditure of the
federation for the 2016 fiscal year in the
aggregate sum of six trillion. The Senate
debated the bill on January 20, 21, 26 and 27
respectively.
The bill was read a second time on January
27, and consequently referred to the
committee on appropriations for further
legislative actions.
Meanwhile some bills might be deliberated
upon on the floor of the senate today as
they are listed in the order paper.
They include a Bill for an Act to Establish
the National Commission for conciliation and
arbitration, national labour council, the office
of the registrar of trade unions etc to
administer the provisions of labour laws in
Nigeria and other matters connected
therewith, 2016.
Another is the bill for an act to provide for
the establishment of defence space agency
and for other matters connected therewith,
2016.
Meanwhile, the lawmakers as at the time of
this report are in a executive session,
probably to discuss these issues.
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