Senate To Commence Work On MTEF/FSP Next Week       The Senate Committee on Finance will begin the consideration of the 2020-2023 Medium Term Expenditure and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) on Wednesday next week. Chairman Senate Committee on Finance, Sen Solomon Adeola, in a statement in Abuja yesterday,...

Senate Summons Ahmed, Fashola, Others     The Senate on Tuesday, summoned the management of the United Bank for Africa to appear before it over its alleged N41bn indebtedness to the creditors and liquidators of the defunct Nigerian Telecommunications Limited and the Mobile Telecommunications Limited. The Senate Committee...

Labour Ministry, Senators Clash Over Banking Bill Amendments     The relationship between the Ministry of Labour and the National Assembly worsened on Wednesday when the representative of the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, clashed with members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance, and other Financial...

Senate Okays N168.8bn Budget For FIRS   The Senate, on Wednesday, approved N168.8 billion budget for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for the 2020 fiscal year. The upper chamber also approved a one-off N100bn special-purpose intervention fund for the agency’s key capital projects. Specifically, the fund is...

Sexual Harassment Bill: MAMA Centre Lauds Nigerian Senate   The Mothers And Marginalised Advocacy Centre (MAMA Centre) commends the passage of Sexual Harassment Bill by the Nigerian Senate, calling for prompt Presidential assent to transmit the Bill into law. While we appreciate the proactive legislative processes that...

Senate Summons Emefiele, Ahmed, Others Over Expatriate Tax Evasion     The Senate on Wednesday summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to brief it on measures to curb tax evasion by...