Dr. Nuh Nassir Abdi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Attorney- General has not responded to the fact that the amendments so proposed by the President is a complete negative of what was passed by this House which, again, contravenes the Standing Order No.55(3) which I cited. view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources:- (a) whether he could confirm that all the companies undertaking Gypsum mining in Bura Constituency are contravening mining laws; (b) whether he could also confirm that all communities in Bura were to be involved and consulted when allowing the companies to resume operations and, if so, why the companies were allowed to resume operations without such consultation; and, (c) how many companies have now been cleared to resume mining and whether he could table the letters ordering the stoppage of mining activities by the companies as well as the letters lifting the ... view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this has been a very long journey, and I just want you to bear with me. I raised this issue in February, 2009, and the then Minister gave an assurance to this House that he was going to visit Bura, and that the problems that bedevil the mining industry in Bura were going to be something of the past. The Ministry did nothing and I raised again this issue in October, 2010; that was one-and-a-half years down the line, when the Assistant Minister, Prof. Kamar, was then compelled to visit Bura to give an assessment of what ... view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, last November, when the Assistant Minister was answering the Question, you gave an order that, among other things, this Assistant Minister should provide the reports by NEMA that cleared the companies and allowed them to resume operations, and also give evidence of consultations with the local communities that allowed the so-called lifting of the ban that was then enforced by NEMA. What the Assistant Minister has done is only to re-read the answer. So, where are the documents that you were asked to table in this House? view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister had ample time if he wished to respond to the concerns in this Question. It only shows that the Assistant Minister is not willing to answer it; this Question was deferred for three weeks from the 3rd of November, 2011, and today it is 13th of December, 2011; it is now one and-a-half months since this matter was deferred for the Assistant Minister to go and get adequate information. Last week, the Assistant Minister was here and he said that he needed more time. view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: So, I would seek your indulgence; it seems the Assistant Minister is not ready to answer the Question, because he has no information. The information he says he is seeking is the information they used to lift the ban! They said they lifted the ban because the companies complied with the requirements, and that is in their report. Are you convinced that this Assistant Minister actually needs some more time to respond to this matter? view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. These mining activities are hurting the communities in Nanig Location. I see in this an attitude by the Assistant Minister that he wants to buy time. I just want to refer you to a letter that was written by the same Ministry. view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. With your indulgence, I do not want to be persistent, but when the Assistant Minister was being appointed, the appointing authority must have looked at the qualities of an Assistant Minister. So, an Assistant Minister who is six weeks old should have learned the ropes by now. I just want to read the letter that was written by the Authority. It says that the Authority has since reviewed the inspection team’s finding and is satisfied that adequate mitigation measures have been put in place to address the concerns that led to the ... view