The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has given the green light to the 2025 budget proposal for the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation. This approval came on Thursday after the Auditor-General, Shaakaa Chira, resolved several grey areas flagged during an earlier presentation on Tuesday.Despite the approval, Chira highlighted a pressing challenge facing the office—understaffing. He emphasized the need to recruit 247 additional staff members to improve...

The Senate has vowed to push for the conduct of a national population census in 2025.The lawmakers made this resolution on Tuesday during a budget defense session with the Chairman of the National Population Commission, Nasir Isa Kwarra.The Chairman of the Committee on National Identity Management and Population, Abdul Ningi, said the lawmakers would not rest on their oars until a census is conducted before the end of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.Ningi dis...

Barely four hours after the president forwarded the minimum wage bill to the senate, the red chamber, Senate has now passed seventy thousand Naira National Minimum wage bill as requested by President Tinubu.The lawmakers granted expeditious consideration to the bill transmitted Tuesday, as it passes first second and third readingSenate also approved the national minimum wage review period from five to three years