Tag Archives: Nigerian House of Representatives

The Minister of State for Environment, Chief Sharon Ikeazor, has expressed appreciation to the House of Representatives for passing the Climate Change Bill, even as she enjoined the Senate to reaffirm this position. Environment Minister of State, Sharon Ikeazor According to the Minister, the passage into law of the Bill will give credence and legal framework to the revised National ...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 moved to ascertain the level of food security in the country, following the adoption of a motion by Rep. Dennis Idahosa (APC-Edo State) on the floor of the House in Abuja. The Nigerian House of Representatives in session Moving the motion, Idahosa noted that the agricultural sector had witnessed policy changes ...

There has been a lot of noise in Nigeria recently about the passage or non- passage of the seemingly vexatious Water Resources Bill before the country’s national assembly. L-R: Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Mrs. Ekaro Comfort, Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu; Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and ...

In these days of acute suspicion and uncertainty about who may be asymptomatic and who may just be harbouring early stages of COVID-19, sneaking in a “Control of Infectious Diseases Bill” and attempting to ram it through the legislative process is bound to generate controversies. Nnimmo Bassey, Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) In a season where nose masks ...