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Lawmaker Alerts On Kom Kom Explosion, Berates NNPC
Lawmaker representing Oyigbo State Constituency, Hon.Nwankwo Promise has presented a petition from his constituents from Kom Kom community in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State where pipeline explosion killed scores of people a fortnight ago.
Presenting a petition on the floor of the House on Thursday, Nwankwo said the petition was signed by Chief S. N Azu and Atkins Okere on behalf of the community.
The lawmaker lamented that since the incident two weeks ago, economic, physical, and social life of the people.
He however lamented since the incident occurred the community had been sidelined by the owner of the pipeline, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and other agencies responsible for rehabilitation of the people and facility.
Nwankwo challenged NNPC and all agencies responsible to act fast and intervene, as it frowned at the attitude of the federal agency over the plight of the indigenes.
Meanwhile, the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Ikuinyi-Owaji Ibani has referred the petition to the House Ad hoc Committee to investigate and make recommendations on the matter.
The Adhoc Committee is headed by Hon. Igwe Aforji of Eleme Constituency.
Other members include, member representing Tai, Matthew Dike, and Hon. Adonye Diri of Opobo/Nkoro and that of Oyigbo, Hon. Nwankwo.
The Speaker relied on order 22 as he urged the committee ascertain the damage on aquatic and other physical means of livelihood of the people.
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NASS Sets Date For 2025 Budget Passage
Chairman, Senate committee on appropriations, Sen. Solomon Adeola, stated this on Monday in Abuja at a meeting with the chairmen of standing committees in the Senate.
According to him, Jan. 31 is the date for laying of reports on the appropriation bill before the Senate and the House of Representatives.
He said upon resumption from Christmas and New Year break on Jan. 14, both chambers of the national assembly would suspend plenary for two weeks for budget defence by ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs).
Sen. Adeola also said that NASS had fixed Jan. 9 for an open day on the budget to enable various stakeholders, aside heads of MDAs, to make inputs on the budget.
“A tentative time table has been drawn for consideration of the budget at committee level.
“Budget defence sessions begin from Jan. 7, while reports from various committees are expected to be submitted from 15th to 18th of this month.
“Afterwards, collation and tidying up of the various reports will be done by the appropriation committee, with the hope of laying final report on the budget at the Senate on 31st of this month.
“However, the 31st of January fixed for laying of the budget is tentative, as it is just given to guide our work,” he said.
The principal officers of the Senate who attended the meeting included: the Deputy Leader, Sen. Lola Ashiru and Senate Whip, Sen. Tahir Monguno.
They said that the timeframe for consideration and passage of the 2025 budget by the national assembly was short.
They, however, expressed hope on the timely passage of the budget.
The committee, thereafter, went into a closed door session with chairmen of the various standing committees in the Senate.
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