House of Reps Adjourns All Committee Hearings Till September 15th

Mr Femi Gbajabiamila led House of Representatives has put on hold all investigative and committee hearings till after resumption from annual vacation.

The House, which is observing its annual vacation, is expected to resume plenary on September 15.

Various Committees of the House with backlog of investigations and probes have been meeting to carry out their assigned functions.

One of them is the Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreement probing the Chinese loans as well as the House Committee on Public Accounts investigating audited accounts of government agencies.

Naija News learnt that the decision of the leadership was contained in a letter to Chairman of all Standing and Ad hoc Committees. The letter was signed by Leader of the House, Alhassan Ado Doguwa (APC, Kano).

Meanwhile,

The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Relocation of Tank Farms in Residential Areas across the country has raised alarm over the poor state of the facilities.

The committee’s Chairman, Mr Sergius Ogun, described the facilities as time bombs on Thursday in Benin, during a stakeholders meeting with tank farm operators and some relevant government agencies.

Some of the agencies at the meeting were: the Department of Petroleum Resources, Nigerian Port Authority, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Ministry of Environment and Federal Fire.