The House of Representatives said it would increase budgetary allocations of tertiary health facilities towards addressing high electricity bills and strengthening quality healthcare delivery services across Nigeria.
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The House of Representatives Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility (SCR) has resolved to sanction MTN, Airtel, and other companies for failing to perform their Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR).
“We wish to call on the government of Rivers State to immediately prepare treason charges against the 23 former LGA chairmen and their sponsors and co-conspirators for the failed attempt to unlawfully take the government of the 23 LGA knowing full well that their tenure had elapsed and they are no longer local government chairmen.”
Sponsors of the bill include Ikeagwuonu Ugochinyere, Abdullmaleek Danga, Aliyu Mustapha, Francis Waive, Zakari Dauda Nyampa, Abdulla Muhammed, Abiante Dagomie, Ghali Mustapha, Chinedu Emeka and Emmanuel Ukpong-Udo.
The House of Representatives has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Women on the need to increase the number of women in governance.
They urged the federal government, to redirect the focus of its negotiation with labour, from fixing a minimum wage to fixing a realistic living wage in line with current market realities.
The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has asked the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission(NIPC), to explain why it spent 20 per cent of its revenue without authorisation.
The House of Representatives Committee on the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has frowned at the failure of NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, to implement its resolution on sachet alcohol.
The lawmaker said that unless immediate steps were taken to halt the proposed action of the CBN, the cybercrime would be implemented in error.
The House of Representatives has urged the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to suspend the implementation of the new tariff.