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Entries 1221 to 1230 of 1550.

  • 24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I meant Burkina Faso, I am happy to be corrected. That can happen in this country. People can wake up one morning and come and burn down this Parliament. You do not need magic for that to happen. With this kind of culture; with this kind of manners and “mannerless” hon. Members who have been brought here by people, this Parliament will be burnt one day. I can assure you. view
  • 24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, time is moving. As we sit here--- view
  • 24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Let me substantiate. When hon. Members are accused of corruption; hon. Members are accused of raping; what manners are you expecting hon. Members to have in this country and standing on the door--- view
  • 24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Okay hon. Deputy Speaker, alleged “mannerless”. view
  • 24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the President of Nigeria has said that Nigerians have given corruption a bad name when you know that corruption itself is a bad name. Parliament is giving corruption a bad name in this country today because this is the time-- - view
  • 18 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand under Standing Order No.29 (1), which says that:- “Whenever during a session the House stands adjourned, whether or not a day has been appointed for the next meeting, the Speaker may, on the request of the Leader of the Majority Party or the Leader of the Minority Party, appoint a day for a special sitting of the House.” Hon. Speaker, I am reading this together with Standing Order No. 29 (2), which says in:- “The Speaker may allow a request under paragraph (1) if the Speaker is satisfied that the business proposed to be ... view
  • 18 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand under Standing Order No.29 (1), which says that:- “Whenever during a session the House stands adjourned, whether or not a day has been appointed for the next meeting, the Speaker may, on the request of the Leader of the Majority Party or the Leader of the Minority Party, appoint a day for a special sitting of the House.” Hon. Speaker, I am reading this together with Standing Order No. 29 (2), which says in:- “The Speaker may allow a request under paragraph (1) if the Speaker is satisfied that the business proposed to be ... view
  • 18 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: I would like to request you--- I know you are a man of intelligence and a man who adheres to the rule of law. I do not want you to leave this Chair before you make a ruling on my request. You must rule that this matter is not exceptional and I want to invoke Standing Order No.31 that this House adjourns until the afternoon session. view
  • 18 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: I would like to request you--- I know you are a man of intelligence and a man who adheres to the rule of law. I do not want you to leave this Chair before you make a ruling on my request. You must rule that this matter is not exceptional and I want to invoke Standing Order No.31 that this House adjourns until the afternoon session. view
  • 18 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we are setting precedent in this Parliament under the new Constitution. We need to have Special Sittings for special matters. If the Leader of Majority Party just writes a letter to the Speaker requesting for Special Sitting, tomorrow, he might have a wedding for a second wife and he might call us here for a special sitting. We will not allow this Parliament to be misused by the Leader of Majority Party by calling us here to do business that is not urgent or exceptional in any way. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for ... view

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