It was a busy week at the House of Representatives. About four weeks after the members returned from a long recess, defections continued to rock the House, with the governing APC the sole beneficiary. Interestingly, the request for external borrowing by President Tinubu also resurfaced in the chamber, even as a drama involving the tertiary education admission agency, JAMB, and the unusual tasks of confirming the president’s appointees, among other issues, took centre stage. Here are the stories that made headlines from the House last week.
Bomb threats
On Tuesday, the House Committee on Internal Security Chairman, Garba Muhammad, warned of a growing insecurity in the National Assembly complex.
He made the remarks at a public hearing on a bill seeking to establish a Legislative Security Directorate, designed to professionalise and strengthen internal security operations in the parliament.
Mr Muhammad painted a grim picture of the legis
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