A bill seeking to make it mandatory for a president to nominate ministers for confirmation by the Senate within 30 days of being sworn in has passed second reading on Thursdays at the House of Representatives.
Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Sule Kazaure, has been summoned by members of the House of Representatives to explain the circumstances that led to the death of a corps member at the Kano State NYSC orientation camp.
The Senate has approved the sum of N213 billion to augment the shortfalls in the 2016 budget for the funding of critical Recurrent and Capital items of the budget.
The Senate has approved the establishment of the Nigerian Peace Corps, NPC, a move that will increase government recurrent expenditure if it gets presidential assent.
The current economic recession in the country notwithstanding, the House of Representatives has commenced the disbursement of brand new vehicles to all its 360 members.
A House of Representatives ad-hoc committee, investigating alleged payments by government agencies to firms and individuals from 2013 till date, has summoned the Controller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Hameed Ali, a retired army general.