Tag: House of Representatives
WASSCE withdrawal: Atiku, reps want Nigeria to rescind decision
Former Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and legislators in the Federal House of Representatives on Friday called on the Nigerian government to...
Bill to establish 36 medical universities passes second reading
As Nigerian authorities battle the Coronavirus pandemic in the country, the House of Representatives is considering a Bill aimed at ensuring the...
Reps meets ASUU over strike, IPPIS
The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday met with officials of the House of Representatives as...
Reps to amend NYSC act to retain corpers in schools after...
The House of Representatives has revealed its plans to amend the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Act to provide for willing corps...
Bills to establish three federal schools in Oyo scale first reading
Four bills to establish new federal tertiary institutions in Oyo town have scaled first reading on the floor of Nigeria's House of...
Parliament to probe N200bn TETFUND spending
The Nigerian House of Representatives plans to investigate the utilization of over N200 billion intervention fund appropriated for Tertiary Education Trust...
Reps want Ramat Poly converted to federal institution
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal government to take over the Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri, Borno State towards making it a...
Bill to establish Federal University Gasua, 11 other schools passes first...
A bill to establish the Federal University Gasua was on Thursday read for the first time at the plenary session of the...
Legislators to investigate NUC for ‘extortion’ in university accreditation processes
The Nigerian House of Representatives has resolved to investigate allegations of corrupt practices in university accreditation exercises conducted by the National Universities...
Reps want end to collecting ‘acceptance fee’ in tertiary institutions
The Nigerian House of Representatives has called on all tertiary institutions in the country to stop collecting acceptance fees from newly admitted...