Senate Approves Intervention for Commercial Agriculture

 Nigeria 8th Senate is poised to ensure the fulfillment of the long-song diversification of the economy to shift from Oil dependency to becoming agricultural and local content oriented.

The senate, today, May 4, passed for second reading a bill for an Act to establish the National Agricultural Credit Fund to promote commercial Agriculture in Nigeria ensure credit support for production, storage and processing of target commodities, market development and Agricultural Enterprise.

Fuel scarcity would have been over if deregulation was allowed in 2012 - Lawmaker

Sen. Mao Ohuabunwa, (PDP Abia North) on Tuesday, urged the Federal Government to apologise to Nigerians for the hardship occasioned by scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).

Ohuabunwa told newsmen that it was members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that championed mass protests when the previous government attempted to deregulate the sector.

Senate swears in Ohuabunwa, as Saraki wears Aba clothes

The Senate on Wednesday swore in Mao Ohuabunwa (PDP Abia North) as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Ohuabunwa who collected his certificate of return on Tuesday from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) won his rerun election on March 5.

Abia North Re-run: Ekweremadu Congratulates Ohuabunwa

Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has congratulated Senator Mao Ohuabunwa on his victory in the Abia North Senatorial District re-run election.

 

Ekwerewmadu, who described the victory as a confirmation of Ohuabunwa’s mass appeal and earlier victory, expressed gratitude to the people of Abia North for their abiding faith in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).