psychalade:
So it will be SUDAN VS SENEGAL on Nigerian soil on FEBRUARY 16 2019!

bros abeg I wan ask, BTW Sudan and Senegal which kontri fine pass, because me wan Comot from Nigeria.

praizblog:
Influence of d father

you are olodo of the highest order, you think say you know book pass this boy? Oya spell Collins

Dinero018:
Any guy reading this post will impregnate a lady before the end of this year If u insult me it will be twins ��

see your face like one of the men offering 100k for sex
yeye, Oya spell Collins.

it's says am not eligible. mtn una no well ooo.

I for pity you if na for naija you got stuck

this is incredible india

kennygee:
Make I just marry drop Kogi state as my state of Origin.

That state and its useless leaders are a disgrace.

see my sister, come to kebbi state
the state where all are equal
the state where there is no religion bigotry
the state of harmony
the state where her governor pays it's workers regularly
come to kebbi state the land of equity
the land of hospitality
come and marry from kebbi state where you enjoy both dividends of democracy and marriage.

this is the real Gbeborun of Nigeria Limited

kebbi state. 0909860454

I know it's dem walahi. I can imagine how their new country will look like

I no mention anybody's name fa.
anyways Happy edir-Fitir my Muslim brothers and sisters in Islam.

the thunder that will strike you and the audio sender for your lies is till doing exercise in amadioha's stomach. it's the type of you people that spread hatred and hate speeches among Nigeria. thunder go fire your upper lip.

A Senate with many firsts


Today is the second anniversary of the Eighth Senate. The senators have agreed to simply mark the day with a special session devoted to reviewing their activities to talk about what has been achieved as well as areas that require improvement.

However, viewed from several perspectives, the last two years in the Red Chamber of the federal legislature were been filled with events and successes. It is true that this Senate resumed as a divided house over the election of its leaders. There was a clash between the preference of the senators for independence in the choice of who leads them and the insistence by certain leaders of the party with the majority, All Progressives Congress (APC), to impose their wish on the lawmakers.

This explains the ceaseless attack and campaign of calumny consistently waged against the institution by those who specialised in manipulating public opinion and putting a spin on issues, events and occurrences around the Senate and the senators.

Today, the Senate has risen from the ashes of the division that plagued it in the early days. It is now very stable, united and focused on its agenda to build a strong economy through the instrumentality of law-making to create a working partnership between the public and private sectors, thanks to the leadership acumen, foresight and resilience of Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, the. Senate President.

The Eighth Senate has set itself apart with many innovations that it has brought to the business of law-making. First, in the consideration of the 2016 budget, the Senate introduced the concept of public hearing as part of the process. What this means is that the budget process is further democratised and many people from the professions, the civil society groups, the private sector, youth groups and the rest have a say in the making of the budget.
Again, the 2017 budget was the first time the report of the Appropriation Bill was passed on the floor with the full details made available.

This present Senate, in further revolutionising the budgeting process, has passed a law establishing the National Assembly Budget and Research Office (NABRO), which is to provide technical support, sustained specialised services and necessary research materials that would aid the legislators in the preparation of the budget.

The current National Assembly acceded to popular request in making public details of its own budget. It was the first time in about a decade that the National Assembly would provide a 34-page detail on its budget instead of the one line item that members of the public had been presented with over the years.

Another innovation of the Eighth National Assembly is the establishment of the National Assembly Business Environment Roundtable (NASSBER), which is now a clearing house for getting the private sector to take part in the conception, formulation and enactment of laws aimed at achieving comprehensive reform of the national economy and bringing it in line with international best practices.

The partnership created by NASSBER has helped the Senate to identify 56 laws, which are said to be essential for reforming the economy. Thirteen of the laws are categorised as high priority laws. Today, seven of the high priority laws have  been successfully passed. The remaining six  are in the process of being passed while several others in the medium and low priority bills have equally been passed. These are among the 92 bills already passed as at the time of putting together this piece.

One of such successfully passed laws is the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB), which has suffered defeats for the past 12 years in the federal legislature. The Eighth Senate has broken the jinx. The now successfully passed PIGB will be a precursor to two other key bills dealing with host community and fiscal issues. These proposed laws will revolutionise the oil sector in Nigeria, create efficiency, attract global players to invest in the sector, generate more money for the Federal Government and create massive employment, among several other benefits to the nation and her citizens.
Also, working on the NASSBER  template, the Senate has successfully amended the Nigerian Railway Act, the first time in 62 years. The new law will allow private sector participation in ownership, management and investment in the sector. This is expected to create hundreds of thousands of jobs, uplift the transportation sector, and revive the hitherto agro-politan economy in our rural areas. By the time the National Road Fund Bill, Federal Road Authority Bill and other proposed laws in the sector now in the final stages of their passage successfully become laws, the combined effect would raise the level of investment in national infrastructure, generate more jobs and improve the general standard of living of the people.

Also, this high-achieving Senate has successfully amended the Customs Act, the first time that is being done in 35 years. The amendment has been hailed by several international organisations as it incorporated the Kyoto Agreement adopted by many countries across the globe.

In the same vein, the present Senate is the first to successfully amend the Electoral Act, introducing key reforms like the use of card reader and electronic collation of results, two years before the next general election. The tradition in the past was to amend the law governing elections few months to the polls and at a time when all interested parties focused on how the law could help their electoral fortunes. By amending the law when there was no election, the amendment was informed by non-partisan and patriotic considerations.

The plan is to follow up the amendment of the Electoral Act with making the desired changes in the Constitution at a sane time when all issues could be viewed from the prism of national interest, rather than parochial personal interest.

This Eighth Senate is the first Upper Chamber of the National Assembly since 1999 to consider and conclude work on as many public petitions as 72 in an entire tenure. The 72 petitions were concluded in two years. It should be noted that the petitions are from Nigerians who have been short-changed in their dealings with government agencies and who prefer that the Senate helps them to seek redress rather than go to court.

The Committee on Public Petitions, in serving as an ombudsman, arbitrator and mediator, has helped to restore the jobs of those whose appointments were unjustly terminated or secure the necessary payments to those whose entitlements were denied.

As the Senate begins its third and penultimate year, it is believed that the members will not slow down the momentum and will move on to continue to make its work relevant to ordinary Nigerians by working for the improvement of their standard of living.

•Yusuph Olaniyonu is Special Adviser to the President of the Senate.

Saraki’s 8th Senate of many colours at 2



The 8th Senate unequivocal clocks two years of its inauguration. Within these period, there has been a paradigm shift in legislative procedures, exemplifying a robust legislations, oversight functions and private participations in tandem with the Change mantra of the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

These testimonies of inclusiveness in parliamentary functions were characterised by transparency, healthy debate on issues on the floor of the Senate, hardworking and confident among members of the Upper Chamber. Despite the turbulence that embedded the initial composition of its leadership, the National Assembly leadership vehemently shelved the disparities and hereafter dwelling in unity of purpose and attainable legislative agenda.

This Saraki's 8th Senate will forever be remembered for its frank disposition on national issues. The passion to improve the living standard of the common man and the mind set that it will not be business as usual have earned the members the laudable accolade. Overviewing its achievements in just two years, the present National Assembly and especially the Senate have lived up to the expectations of Nigerians in a clear term.

One will applauded the Senate for the closer working relationship with the executive arm of government. The huge support the both arms are enjoying have paved way for the stability and smooth running of the present administration. So far, the Presidency have placed 195 requests in forms of confirmation of executive appointments, approval on loans and other executive functions before the Senate in which 184 have been ratified leaving 11 awaiting confirmation.

Considering the composition of the 8th Senate, the ruling party, All Progressive Congress (APC), has the larger number of Senators, followed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), primarily the margin were higher with the APC’s seven members advantage. What this figure implies was that it takes an experienced and erudite leadership to pilot the affairs in such political division. Here for the first time in the Upper Chamber, we have political parties with larger number of members, different political manifestos, concepts and interests to mention just a few. But the leadership of the Senate weighed these partitions and surmounted the challenges with focus and passion not for the parties but for the masses.

Also at infancy, the Senate leadership identified the effect of any face-off with the leadership of the APC, seek a common ground with the party in order to work out modalities in achieving its objectives and to put Nigeria right back on track. It was a tough battles that requires political solutions which were sorted and attained. Now we have a Senate, devoid of rancour, disparity and disharmony. And ever since, the envisaged ‘banana peels” syndrome by some political analysts and critics found no root in the Senate leadership’s loam.

So far, so good, about 479 Bills were laid over the past two years, the first Bill of the present Senate was the National Railway Corporation Act 1955 N129 LFN 2004 (Repeal & Re-enactment) Bill 2015 (SB.01) sponsored by Senator Andy Uba, Anambra Central which was laid for First reading on 23 June, 2015 and was passed on July 21, 2016.

Between June to December 2015, 133 Bills scaled the first reading in the floor of the Senate. By January to December 2016, another 219 Bills scaled first reading and from January 2017 till date, 51 Bills passed first reading as well.

In June and December 2015, 14 Bills through to second reading while 116 Bills completed second reading in 2016.  46 for second reading from January 2017 till date.  20 Bills were placed on Alteration Rules and 92 Bills got Committal assigned to relevant Committees.

In all, 91 Bills were fully passed. Four were withdrawn, three were negatived, while Lobbying Disclosure Act (Amendment) Bill 2015 (SB; 99) was merged with Lobbying (Regulations) Bill 2016 (SB 258). The Federal Capital Territory Statutory Appropriation Act (Amendment) Bill 2016 (SB; 225) was also adopted during this period of legislative proceedings.

Since inception of this democracy in May, 1999, the then 5th Senate passed 65 bills, 6th Senate 23, 7th Senate 28 while the 8th Senate distinguishing itself with the passage of 91 bills making it the highest in numbers of Bills passed.

For the first time in the history of the Nigerian Senate, public private participations took a centre stage when 2016, 2017 Appropriation Bills were presented by the Presidency. The initiative of National Assembly Joint Public Hearing on the Budget, were constituted. Three days public hearing were organised to afford public and private sector participation, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Labour organizations converged and contributed in the Budgeting processes.

Having observed with keen interest the challenges associated with ease of doing business in Nigeria and with determination to find lasting solution to the lingering impediments militating with investment across the country, the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki instituted the National Assembly Business Environment Round-table (NASSBER) an initiative through which legislations and roadmap to revamp national economy.

The birth of NASSBER in March 2016, bring together experts, international development partners and stakeholders in the nation’s economy to brainstorm synergistically between the legislative arm of government, executive arm and private sector at ensuring that the business environment is competitive enough to guarantee profits and attracts both foreign and local investors.

While addressing crops of professionals and stakeholders from Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), Department for International Development (DFID),  ENABLE project, and the Nigerian Bar Association - Section on Business Law (NBA, SBL), during a year anniversary and unveiling of the annual reports of NASSBER in National Assembly recently, the Senate President assured Nigerians and other partners of the Senate readiness to bridge the gap between various players in the nation’s economy and build confident, trust and ease of doing business in Nigeria. He said; "For us in the 8th National Assembly, law-making is not about the number of bills, it is more about impact and we will continue to focus on quality and impact on our people over any other considerations.

 

In his words; "This is what makes the 8th National Assembly unique as we are determined to only make laws that will have positive impact on our people. We are in partnership with the private sector, through the NASSBER, initiated a research study to review the legislative instruments impeding doing business in Nigeria and received a report detailing the necessary legislative action required to begin the process of changing the unsupportive legal structures, weak institutional base and obsolete regulatory frameworks in the nation's business environment. 

 

"We want to see that these bills can actually help us create jobs, mobilize private sector investment and promote made in Nigeria goods.” Saraki said.

 

Also, parts of priorities of the 8th Senate is the Amendment to the Procurement Act which promote Made in Nigeria goods. The Senate under the leadership of Dr. Saraki took the bull by its horn when riot Act were read to public institutions to henceforth patronise Made in Nigeria as a first option in order to encourage and boost the diversification drive of the Federal government. The Senate President while addressing manufacturers and public sector in one of the fora to create awareness and relate the decision of the National Assembly urged local contractors, manufactures not hesitate to lodge complain about any government institution who contravene the Procurement Act.

The Senate unambiguously waded into the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN), policies especially the forex, investigated the grey areas in implementation of TSA. This intervention by the 8th Senate saved the nation close to N20 billion which would have been fraudulently siphoned.

We will recalled the visit of the Senate President and some delegation of the Senate to the North East in the year 2015 and 2016 to ascertain the humanitarian crisis and alleged misappropriation of funds allocated to the Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs). The visit yielded precedential results that indicted the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal for misappropriating funds to the tune of N200million, the Senate inaugurated an 8-man Ad-Hoc Committee, headed by Senator Shehu Sani, Kaduna South, investigations were carried out on the matter. The Committee recommended for the immediate suspension and probing of the SSG. The indictment eventually led to his suspension by the Presidency.

To this length, measures were put in place to contain incessant abuse and humiliation of the IDPs, by those depriving them of the allotted relief materials for their upkeep.

 

The North East Development Commission Act is another landmark of the National Assembly, especially the 8th Senate. An Act through which the Commission will be empowered to carter for the rehabilitation and relocation with reconstruction of the Zone. More of the recommendations are allocation of N10billion to the IDPs in the North East in recognition of the dire situation and the urgent need to salvage the Zone from extinction by dastard act of the dreaded Boko Haram terorists.

 

As parts of its efforts to complement Mr. President’s fight corruption, the 8th Senate in a motion moved by Senator Bala Ibn Na'allah, cited section 21 (1-3) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2007 which stipulates that government corporations and Agencies and also government-owned companies listed on the Schedule to this Act to not less than six months from commencement of this Act and for every three financial years, thereafter and not later than the end of the second quarter of every year, prepare and submit their Schedule estimates of revenue and expenditure for the next three financial year to the Minister. The Senate frowned at the abuse of the privilege and ordered these Agencies to submit their budgets to committee Chairmen in two weeks.

The Senate position was made clear and in setting the record straight on Constitutional provision on how these Agencies ought to be run.

 

The 8th Senate made clear their promise to pass the Petroleum Industry and Governance Bill (PIGB), into law. A bill that would have been easier to pass as an executive bill. Considering the unity of purpose by Senators, and its focussed leadership, the passage of the PIGB showed Nigerians the competencies of the lawmakers in the 8th National Assembly.”

In one of his testimonies, the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, pointed out that the 8th Senate has scored many firsts since its inception. The passage of critical economic reform Bills have repositioned the country to the path of growth.

According to him; “We are a focused Senate. We are also a people-oriented Senate. We are a Senate of many firsts, if you look at the passage of the National Railway Corporation Act, the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Agriculture Credit Guarantee Scheme Act, National Poverty Eradication Commission Bill, Food Security Bill 2015, Credit Bureau Reporting Bill, National Inland Waterway Act Cap, Nigerian Ports and Harbours Authority Act, Warehouse Receipts Act (Amendment) Bill, Secured Transactions in Movable Assets Act, Petroleum Industry Governance Bill, the opening of the National Assembly Budget, you will see that we take governance very seriously.” Saraki assured.

From every sense of belonging, the multi-parliamentary relationship of the 8th Senate with other parliaments of the world cannot be over-emphasised in the course of this two years. It has fashioned a vibrant platform for our legislators to acquire more knowledge, share ideas and an opportunity to imbibe the best global practise.  The Senate under the leadership of Saraki paid various visits to some developed democracy and their parliament. T       hese visits afforded Nigerian Senate the opportunity to observe conducts of legislative proceedings and practise across the world. A visit to the German Parliament, the Bundestag in March 2017, to promote improved economic relations between Nigeria and Germany and for the purposes of peer review.

The continued participation in the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU), the 135th  IPU Assembly which was held in October 2016 where Dr. Saraki who is a member of the Governing Board addressed parliamentarians from all over the member States on Women emancipation and their involvement in leadership positions is another milestone achievement of this Senate.

The Senate delegation to Paris, France on a two days conferences of Parliaments from across the world on how to save the environment and their participation in both the Globe COP 21 Legislators Summit which was held inside French parliament building with eminent parliamentarians like Graham Stuart of the Britain, Jean-Paul Chanteguet, President of the Committee on Sustainable Development, French Ministers for Ecology, Laurent Fabius, Foreign Affairs, Vice President of the Brazilian, Senator Jorge Viana and Senator Ed Markey, Chairman of the United State of America Climate Change among others.

Our 8th Senate also continue to sustaining participation in the ECOWAS Parliament within the West African region. All these are signs of revered commitment and healthy competence of our present legislators.

Over the span of two years, 8th Senate has recorded an enduring achievements in the history of law making process in Nigeria. Although, the effects of these Bills and actions are not immediately felt. Experts are of the views that positive signals are sent about Nigeria’s new direction of governance. The huge collaboration between the National Assembly, the Executive, private sectors and international development partners are indications that a stronger foundation for sustainable development is been laid.

There is no doubt a systematic approach to reforms, re-enact and amendment of obsolete laws are process of retracing the path of socio-political and economy growth. Kudos, the 8th Senate and National Assembly in general as we step into another eventful 12 months of legislative buoyancy.

Soji Ikotun, is a Senior Legislative Aide (Media & Publicity), office of the President of the Senate.

I will comment when he wins the election.

meanwhile, you are welcome to the Senate sir!

awon oloriburuku like a spider an Omo ale like a crocodile. dirty pigs.

ohboy, I can tell various offices where about 7 of the dullards in my class now works.

NNPC No wonder their use to be fuel scarcity

ECOWAS why won't their be so many aliens in Nigeria without passports

CAC

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY make I no talk of this one sef.

EFCC: hmmm if I start to talk...

Funlordmaniac:


The nigerian army is made up of a lot of undisciplined idiots posing as officers! It's high time such human rights violations by their rank and file gets rewarded with sack letters and prosecutions!

That is the only way they would receive sense!

oboy see finishing. guy you can insult for africa.

dear bobdog, you are nothing but a shit

missKiffy:
Here it is, who can guess

infinix

incredible India

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take this go and blow it in your office

dear malik(@op)
LETTER OF REQUEST
with due respect sir, I write to appreciate all the good good things you are posting on Nairaland. May God Almighty bless the the luck guy who's about to marry this damsel.
sir, I only want to request one thing from you, can you hook me up with the lady last from the right hand side. she is my missing rib.
God bless you.
sign
tjfulloption.

nice shoots! chai na so this babe carry go give all these massive property to one kyn Ghana guy like dat.

wishing you both a happy married life.

lawal28c:

wishing them a happy married life rather

thank you Lawal28c

wishing them an happy married life.

this guy is a pig, dog, kare, alede, jaki, wawa, tutu, munsa. he is anything you mention disgusting. idiota.

R.I.P to the dead and may Allah give the injured a speedy recovery

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and lastly tjfulloption: nairaland

LorDBolton:
Abati had that forlorn look...

He Is the only one who looks "broken"

Ruben Abati be like: And I no kukuma chop plenty money fa!

your cake my azz

DavidEsq:

So u sidan dey type all dis, for this Buhari economy abi? Shey u dey craze ni

pacoson:
Are you well at all??

bros na love at first sight o