Lawan urges security agencies to beef up security at National Assembly over security threat
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday urged security agencies to beef up security at the National Assembly Lawan stated that he had received reports of security threat to the assembly complex. A statement by his spokesman, Ola Awoniyi, said Lawan at an emergency closed-door meeting the Senate leadership had with top security officials. Lawan noted that unknown and uninvited people “came or are coming into the National Assembly complex and we felt we shouldn’t take this lightly. “From today, we have to find temporary solution to support the security arrangement here. ”We will find a more permanent solution
Lawan backs regional intervention, says Nigeria’s security architecture has failed
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday reviewed the current security architecture of the country and demanded an urgent restructuring to make a way for intervention from other tiers of government. Lawan, in an interview with journalists in Abuja, also welcomed the recent regional and states initiatives to tackle the unfortunate security challenges in the country. He said the Senate would summon the heads of the various security agencies in the country as soon as plenary resumes this week to work out a realistic arrangement that could adequately tackle the menace. Get the latest news at your fingertips
Finance minister, Nass, resolve issues of severance package for aides to lawmakers.
As Lawan, Clerk allegedly clash over secret recruitment at National Assembly The Director of Information in the National Assembly, Rawlings Agada, has hinted that the leadership of the National Assembly and the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, have resolved the issues of non-payment of severance package for the Aides of lawmakers. The Punch also reports that the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, reportedly had a confrontation with the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, over the alleged secret recruitment in the Assembly during a meeting on Monday. A source told Punch correspondent that they also disagreed on non-payment
Lawan may review Senate Committees over looming crisis from dissatisfied Senators
Crisis looms in Senate over ‘juicy’ committees As aggrieved lawmakers demand better deals Senate President Ahmad Lawan might not have entirely escaped the aftershocks of the red chamber’s appointment of chairmen of committees. The phenomenon, fused with a potent ability to rock the tenures of Senate presidents, has bothered occupants of the legislative position from 1999 till date. Unless the Yobe-born lawmaker manages the aftermath with deftness, he could have a hard time coming. Indeed, the survival of any Senate president hangs on his ability to manipulate the headship of committees. Usually, the process is handled by a special body
My Salary As A Senator and That of My Colleagues Is N750,000, Says Ahmad Lawan
Nothing like jumbo pay, the president of the senate hints Nigerians The President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, has said that there was nothing like jumbo salary for National Assembly members as being speculated in some quarters. Lawan made the disclosure, when members of the Senators’ Forum paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja on Tuesday. While further disregarding the jumbo pay issue, he revealed that his monthly salary as a lawmaker and that of his colleagues was N750,000. “What I want to emphasise here is that I never believed that there is anything called Jombo
Ahmad Lawan emerges Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
The Senator representing Yobe North constituency, Ahmed Lawan, has won the leadership position of the ninth National Assembly. Senator Lawan defeated his opponent Ali-Ndume with 79 votes from the lawmakers, thereby making him the Senate President. His victory was announced by the clerk of the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, who added that 107 senators cast their votes. Senator Lawan was immediately sworn-in by the clerk of the National Assembly.
64 Senators Endorse Lawan For Senate Presidency
64 Senators-elect have endorsed the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Lawan as the Senate President of the ninth Assembly ahead of Tuesdays inauguration. The documents have 62 APC, one YPP, and one PDP Senators-Elect endorse Lawan as unopposed. Lawan who spoke after the list was read by the Secretary of his campaign organisation, Senator Jibrin Barau, senators who signed the list have agreed to vote for him and only two APC senators are yet to endorse him. He added that the only senator from the platform of the YPP, Ifeanyi Uba, has also signed the list.
9th Senate: Fulani herdsmen endorse Sen. Ahmed Lawan
Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has endorsed the candidature of Senator Ahmed Lawan as the next Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This was made known in a statement issued on Saturday in Damaturu by the National President of the Association, Khalil Mohammed Bello where he said the endorsement was based on Senator Lawan’s track of records and year’s of serving humanity. According to them: “He (Senator Ahmed Lawan) has a genuine concern for the development of both livestock and arable farming in the country. “For example in the year 2017, Dr. Ahmed Lawan spent
‘Many Don’t Understand Our Functions’ — Lawan Defends N13.5m Running Costs For Senators
Ahmad Lawan, majority leader of the senate, says the N13.5 million running cost for senators is justified as a result of the nature of their works. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Saturday, the Yobe north senator said the money is seen as “jumpo pay” because many people do not understand the lawmakers’ functions. Nigerian lawmakers are said to be among the highest paid among their colleagues in the world. TheCable had reported how the 109 senators earned over N70 billion as running cost — apart from their basic salaries. Lawan, however, said such funds are needed for the lawmakers to
9th Assembly: ’51 APC Senators, 191 Reps signed for Lawan, Gbajabiamila
Senator representing Oyo North, Senator Fatai Buhari; the House of Representatives-elect for Ibadan North federal constituency, Hon. Musiliudeen Akinremi and a Civil Society Group, Gbaja for Speaker Civil Society Coalition, on Saturday in Ibadan, said Senator Ahmed Lawan and Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, at the moment, have enough support of the National Assembly to lead the 9th National Assembly. Fatai Buhari, while responding to questions from journalists in Ibadan, said 51 out of the 66 Senators elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have signed an endorsement list and pledged to vote for Senator Lawan, representing Yobe North District.
