Plenary proceedings: House of Representatives, Tuesday, January 30th, 2024
Following the last sitting in December 2023, the house resumes plenary for the new year, 2024. The Speaker of the House Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen presided.
Following the last sitting in December 2023, the house resumes plenary for the new year, 2024. The Speaker of the House Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen presided.
In August 2021, the Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021 was passed. The PIA, which was signed into law, is one of the most audacious attempts to overhaul the petroleum sector in Nigeria. The Act seeks to provide legal, governance, regulatory, and fiscal framework for the Nigerian Petroleum Industry.
With a promise to accelerate the economic and social development of communities in the petroleum-producing areas, the Act made new arrangements for fostering sustainable prosperity within the host communities; providing direct social and economic benefits from petroleum operations to the host communities such as Isoko. Yet, communities, such as Olomoro, with the highest pipelines running through any community in Nigeria is littered with under development, lack of infrastructure, lack of youth employment, poor health facilities, oil spills and more. It is the sane story across all the oil and gas rich communities in Isokoland.
The Isoko ethnic tribes are no longer going to stay passive. The decision to uncover the audacity that makes it possible for the 3% Host Community OPEX due to the natives and all who reside in Isokoland can no longer be swept under the rug
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…as claims of hostel accomodation racketeering and scam takes over best practices, while students and parents alike insist key members of the academia are direct perpetrators and beneficiaries of the racket.
The Speaker of the House Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D presided.
The need for the Nigeria Communications Commission to protect the digital privacy of Nigerians against loan app managers and their operators is now an imperative function that requires mitigating strategies to stop the menace of loan app defamation, harassment, threat to life and abuse.
By Precious Akintulubo and Boluwatife Adedokun Following the petitions filed against regulatory bodies in Nigeria by Citizen Gavel regarding loan…
The Deputy Speaker of the House Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu presided.
The Deputy Speaker of the House Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu presided.
Nigerians call out regulatory bodies tasked to enforce the rule of law on business practices, financial frameworks and judicial accountability to curb malpractices and psycological abuse of citizens and residents across Nigeria’s six geo-political zones.