Senate raises alarm over pending National Assembly elections in states

The Senate on Wednesday, has raised alarm over inability of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct National Assembly elections in states where elections were still pending.

This followed a point of order raised by Sen. Ben Bruce (PDP Bayelsa East) questioning why the commission had yet to conduct or elections in the six senatorial districts.

Senatorial elections that were annulled in six senatorial districts: three in Rivers state and one in Imo, Anambra and Kogi States, are yet to be concluded.

Buhari Seeks Extension of 2015 Budget Implementation for FCT

President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the extension of implementation of the Budget of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to enable the FCT pay for pending critical to the FCT were still pending. 

In a letter sent to the Senate on Tuesday, President Buhari noted that the FCT administration only had seven months in 2015 for implementing its budget which was signed in May 2015.

Senate: FCT Too Dirty, Gives 21-Day Deadline for Cleanup

The Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory has give the Area Councils 21 days to clean up parks, markets and the entire FCT or face sanctions.

The Chairman of the Committee Sen. Dino Melaye (APC Kogi West) gave this directive when the committee met with chairmen of the six area councils in the FCT.

Senate Expresses Concern Over N350m Swap Scheme

Senate's legislative scrutiny into the 2016 Budget proposal produced another shocking revelation on Tuesday as some N350 million alleged fraud was discovered in the land swap scheme for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) through the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA).

Chairman Senate Committee on FCT, Senator Dino Melaye, said that the Committee will not hesitate to ensure that all administrative anomalies, misappropriation of funds or abuse of law by the past administration of the FCT demands  justice‎

He stressed that such an important project is expected to undergo a pilot scheme engaging one or two districts as projects samples.