Speaker Yakubu Dogara also stressed that the welfare and working condition of teachers must also be upgraded to enable young and intelligent Nigerian citizens aspire to be teachers.
Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, said the amendments, when passed, will address issues that have impeded the maritime industry from becoming a major source of foreign exchange that the country is in dire need of.
The National Assembly has published a summary of the details of its 2017 budget which increased from N115 billion in 2016 to approximately N125 billion this year.
The 2017 budget proposal, termed "Budget of Recovery and Growth", was first presented before a joint committee of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on December 14, 2016.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has expressed sadness over the death of football fans in a viewing centre in Calabar, Cross River state, and charged the appropriate authority to investigate the circumstances surrounding the ugly incident with a view to avoiding a reoccurence.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has promised that the National Assembly will continue to come up with necessary legislation that will make Nigeria’s maritime sector one of the best and safest in the continent and the world.
