Tag: Senate

Senate scores AMCON low on debt recovery

Members of the Senate on Thursday scored the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria low, saying the agency had failed to live up to its objective of recovering toxic debts owned by some commercial banks. The senators also condemned the  alleged ineffective use of the N5.6tn voted into the agency by […]

Jonathan Transmits Names of 12 Ministerial Nominees to Senate for Clearance

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday transmitted to the Senate, the names of 12 ministerial nominees for confirmation. The senate president, David Mark, announced the names of the nominees on the floor of the Senate at the resumed plenary session for the year 2014. In his words, the nominees are: 1. Mr. Boni […]

Okonjo-Iweala presents N4.6tn budget estimates to Senate

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday presented the 2014 budget estimates of N4.642tn to the Senate. She laid the document on the table before the senators during their plenary presided over by the President of the Senate, David Mark. Mark said the action was in conformity with […]