The spokesman of the Concerned Enugu State Youths, Mr. Wilfred Okeke, on Tuesday said the youths are not happy with the pension bill proposed by the legislators for former Governors and their deputy even at such a time as now when people are passing through excruciating economic reality. Okeke wondered why the ex-governors and deputies who serve at most eight years would be considered for pension and gratuity when most retired civil servants in Enugu...

The Enugu State House of Assembly on Tuesday stepped down the controversial life pension bill for former Governors and Deputy Governors in Enugu state. Hon. Ubosi Edward, Speaker of the seventh assembly explained, “The stepping down of the bill during plenary today was to enable the seventh assembly take a critical look at the legislation in order to come up with practical solutions and inadequacies noticed in the bill”. “Stepping down the bill will help...

The Nigerian House of Representatives said that effectively carrying out its constitutional mandate has been a tedious task due to the unavailability of funds. Indicating that the National Assembly is broke, the spokesperson of the House, Benjamin Kalu, while addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday said, the 2021 budget of the National Assembly should be reviewed upward to enable it to cope with the situation. “Yes, the House is broke. I have said it before...