Godswill Akpabio
25 Jul 2023
. Speaker urges resident doctors to shelve planned strike .Constitutional roles for traditional rulers may soon be reality. Senate President Godswill Akpabio gave the assurance yesterday, when he received royal fathers across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. Akpabio, who was responding to requests by the rulers for the role,…
20 Jul 2023
Senate President Godswill Akpabio; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and a former Minister of Information and Communication, Frank Nweke Jr., are among dignitaries expected at the July 25 public presentation..
19 Jul 2023
The senate president, Godswill Akpabio, has said the salaries of workers will be reviewed to cushion the effects of the removal of subsidy on petrol. Speaking when he hosted the Ekiti state, governor, Abiodun Oyebanji at his office in Abuja on Tuesday, Akpabio said Nigeria would not have survived the next few years if the…
18 Jul 2023
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and his wife Ekaette recently, led eight other members of the 10th Senate on a visit to the home of lawyer and politician, Alema of Warri, Chief Emmanuel Uduaghan and wife, Barr. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, to felicitate with them on the occasion of the first birthday of their son. He noted…
17 Jul 2023
Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, to drop plan to spend N40 billion on 465 bulletproof cars for members and principal officials, and N70 billion as ‘palliatives’ for new members.
12 Jul 2023
Barring a change of mind by the beneficiaries, no fewer than 14 sitting senators, including the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, will draw pensions and other benefits worth N5.6 billion from their states, for the duration of the 10th Senate.
12 Jul 2023
The Senate has constituted a selection body for composition of its standing committees.
9 Jul 2023
Despite disagreement over the election of the eight principal officers of the Senate last Tuesday, serious intrigues and game of wits have taken over the four-week-old 10th Senate ahead of the appointment of chairmen of committees.
9 Jul 2023
After its inauguration on June 13, the 10th Senate adjourned until July 4. The resumption of legislative activities, earlier in the week, however, saw the emergence of new principal officers, signaling that the Red Chamber was now in full swing.
6 Jul 2023
The Godswill Akpabio-led 10th Senate recorded its first rowdy session yesterday, after the Senate President’s rejection of a motion to debate alleged uneven distribution of N500 billion credit facilities to Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs)
5 Jul 2023
The selection of principal officers of the National Assembly, yesterday, blew open the cold war between President Bola Tinubu and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, as he was blanked out in the decision...
4 Jul 2023
President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday urged lawmakers to focus on legislating on issues that would promote the best interest of Nigerians. Akpabio made the call in his opening remarks on resumption of senate from its two weeks recess. The senate president said there were enormous challenges facing the nation, adding that it was…