Nigeria: Assembly Crises - Again, Reps Give Benue, Zamfara Governors 7 Days

Reps give Benue, Zamfara governors one-week ultimatum to honour invitation

The House of Representatives has issued a one-week ultimatum to Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State and Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State, alongside the leadership of their respective State Houses of Assembly, to appear before its Committee on Public Petitions. This follows the controversial suspension of several lawmakers in both states. The ultimatum comes after the failure of the invited parties to attend a hearing held Thursday at the …

Nigeria: Assembly Crises - Again, Reps Give Benue, Zamfara Governors 7 Days

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State and his Zamfara State counterparts, Governor Dauda Lawal, and the leadership of the two Houses of Assembly, have been given another grace to appear before the House of Representatives Panel on Thursday, 14th May, 2025.

National Assembly threatens action in Benue, Zamfara legislative crisis

The House of Representatives has given Governors Hyacinth Alia of Benue State and Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State until May 14, 2025, to appear before its Committee on Public Petitions to explain the prolonged suspension of lawmakers in their respective State Assemblies. The Committee, during its Thursday meeting, expressed concern over the governors' and Assembly leaders' failure to attend the hearing. The inquiry stems from a petition filed by th…

Benue Rep alleges insecurity in the state is due to the state government's 'bad politics' - Newsy People

Terseer Ugbor, the lawmaker representing the Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency of Benue State in the House of Representatives, has attributed the recent surge in insecurity in the state to a lack of cooperation among political leaders. The lawmaker, who is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), criticized the state government under Governor Hyacinth Alia for what he termed “bad politics” in addressing the escalating security c…

A Federation under siege: The illegal summoning of a State Speaker and other assaults on Nigeria's constitution, By LEONARD KARSHIMA SHILGBA — National Accord Newspaper %

Recent developments in Nigeria—particularly in Benue State—have brought to the fore an alarming pattern of constitutional violations by The post A Federation under siege: The illegal summoning of a State Speaker and other assaults on Nigeria’s constitution, By LEONARD KARSHIMA SHILGBA appeared first on National Accord Newspaper.

Abbas redeploys public petition committee chair who summoned Alia, Dauda Lawal

Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house of representatives, has announced a minor reshuffle of the committee chairpersons in the green chamber.   During the plenary on Wednesday, the speaker reassigned Mike Etaba, who represents the Obubra/Etung federal constituency of Cross River, from the committee on public petitions to chair the committee on environment.   Bitrus Laori, the lawmaker from Adamawa, who chaired the committee on cooperation and int…