8Th National Assembly Nigeria

A House of Reps member on the platform of the APC, Sani Mohammed, has challenged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government’s claim that Boko Haram has been decimated and normalcy restored to the northeast of the country.

Speaking on Friday, December 7, the Senator representing Anambra Central district, Victor Umeh, said both the ruling All Progressives Congress and the PDP is yet to show Nigerians strong commitments to restructuring.

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, December 7, for the fourth time, rejected assent to the Electoral Amendment Bill which was passed to him to sign into law by both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, has been summoned by the House of Representatives over the recent protests by legislative workers under the Parliamentary Staff Association of the National Assembly (PASAN).

The House of Representatives has, at a plenary, approved that June 12 be marked as Democracy Day in Nigeria. The approval followed the adoption of a report on a bill seeking to amend the Public Holidays Act 2004.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday, December 5, made moves to probe the circumstances surrounding the protests by members of the parliamentary staff association of Nigeria leading to the picketing of the chambers.