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Reps consider bill to allow elevated judges conclude high court cases
May 20
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In May 2020, the supreme court nullified the 12-year jail term conviction of Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia state and current chief whip of the senate.
The apex court held that the trial judge lacked the jurisdiction to hear the case because Mohammad Idris, the judge who had been elevated to the court of appeal as of the time of judgment, lacked powers to preside over a matter at the federal high court.
Leading the debate on the bill during plenary session on Wednesday, Onofiok Luke, sponsor of the bill and lawmaker from Akwa Ibom state, said the bill will amend section 6 of the constitution by inserting two new subsections.
Reps call for establishment of sustainable development fund Reps call for establishment of sustainable development fund
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Members of the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, expressed support for the establishment of Sustainable Development Fund charged with responsibility for imposing, operating and managing the fund for the attainment of sustainable development goals in Nigeria and for related matters.
The bill was sponsored by the chairman, House Committee on Army, Hon Abdulrasak Namdas, who underscored the need for the 9th National Assembly to accelerate the legislative process in passing the bill into law.
In his lead debate, Hon. Namdas said: “Following the expiration of the timeframe for the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in 2015, the Heads of Government of 193 UN Member States gathered again in New York, USA, in September 2015 to unveil to the world a development agenda that would last the next fifteen years.
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged authorities of the Nigerian Army on the need to improve on the welfare of personnel especially those involved in the prosecution of anti-terrorism and other combat operations.
The resolution was passed after the adoption of the recommendations of the House Committee on Army, a report which investigated the ‘Purported voluntary resignation of over 365 Soldiers’.
According to the 10-page report laid by the Chairman, House Committee on Army, Hon. Abdulrasak Namdas, the Chief of Army Staff who was represented by the Director Military Personnel, Army headquarters, Brig. Gen. U. T. Musa affirmed that “discharge from the Army is a regular and routine activity. He said the case of 365 soldiers who voluntary resigned from the Army is one of such.