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| Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara |
According a report from House of Representative, the
Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 cautioned the media to be
professional and confer with legitimate custodians of documents before
misleading the public with their stories. The statement was prompted as regard
the rumors making round that the 2016 budget proposal presented to the joint
session of the National Assembly in December 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari
is missing.
He asked the Clerk to the House to display copies of
the Budget proposal which was taken from the box that contained the documents
laid before the National Assembly by the President, for the world to see that
the stories of missing budget proposal were untrue. The Speaker further
directed that lawmakers should secure and verify copies of the budget proposal
from the secretariat of the Committee on Appropriation of the House.
Meanwhile, the House has continued debate, amendment
and passing of more Bills to bring them to terms with existing realities. On
this note, 18 Bills were slated for deliberation and passage for second reading
during the plenary. The General Principles of these Bills were debated on the
floor of the House and following the majority voice votes of members, the Bills
were passed for second reading and referred to relevant Committees for further
legislative inputs.
Among the Bills that were passed are ' A Bill for an
Act to Repeal the National Inland Waterways Authority Act, Cap. N47, LFN 2004
and to enact the National Inland Waterways Authority Act to provide for the
management, regulation and Development of the National Inland Waterways and to
promote private sector participation in the development of Inland Waterways in
Nigeria and for other related matters (HB.48)', sponsored by Hon. Ossai Nicholas
Ossai.
Also, ' A Bill which sought to amend the National
Minimum Wage Act, Cap. N6, LFN, 2004 to exclude the establishments that have
foreign participation from the list of establishments exempted from payment of
National Minimum Wage; and for other matters related thereto (HB.281)' standing
in the name of Hon. Peter O. Akpatason.
