The Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has stressed the importance of enacting new legislation to aid the drive to modernise agriculture and turn the sector into a major foreign exchange earner for the country in the nearest future. Speaker Dogara, who said this while delivering an address at the two-day public hearing

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara has restated that the House of Representatives is bent on ensuring that due process is followed in governance business, and will continue to insist that public investment be managed professionally and profitably. Hon Dogara stated this while speaking at a public hearing organised by the House

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has urged journalists to ensure that they unreservedly monitor public office holders in order to stop all dictatorial tendencies and protect Nigeria’s hard-earned democracy. The Speaker, who gave this charge while delivering brief remarks at the NUJ 2018 Press Freedom Awards night, also emphasized that as

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has reiterated the desire of the House to provide a better life for workers, adding that the legislature is still waiting for the Executive to forward the bill for an upward review of minimum wage to the National Assembly for passage. In a statement to mark

Following last week’s invasion of the Senate chamber during which the mace was forcibly removed by thugs, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has said that the National Assembly is no place for anarchists, mobsters and cultists. Speaking during debate on a motion in plenary Tuesday, Hon Dogara said: “As a matter

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has explained that the House is investigating the Special Presidential Investigation Panel to ascertain where it got the powers to investigate public officers as it is not listed among the agencies listed to discharge that function in the constitution. Hon Dogara said while speaking at a

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has demanded for retraction of story by an online news portal Premium Times in which they alleged that federal ministry of finance made illegal payments of funds to him and Senate President Bukola Saraki. Reacting to the story via his verified Twitter handle @YakubDogara on Saturday,

Experience critical to the performance of Lawmakers- Dogara Constituents that return experienced MPs are better represented- Dogara For legislators to represent optimally and influence development in their constituencies, the electorate must support them for multiple terms in the National Assembly, speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said. Speaking in Oko town,

Dogara calls for the rescue of remaining Chibok girls, Leah Sharibu … harps on improved security in schools In commemoration of the 4th year since the abduction of Chibok Schoolgirls, speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has expressed sadness that all the abducted girls have not been accounted for, while urging the

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has said that the National Assembly is willing and ready to domesticate international treaties aimed at safeguarding human rights. He made this known when he received the President of the International Criminal Court, Judge Chile Ebue Osuji, at the National Assembly on Thursday. The Speaker,