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	House of Representatives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Often, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often called a 'senate'.
		Philippines – House of Representatives of the Philippines
		Under apartheid, the House of Representatives was the house for South Africa's mixed race 'Coloured' community, in the tricameral parliament of 1984-1994.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/House_of_Representatives (305 words)

	Nigeriaworld Feature Article - Nigeria's external debt: Which is more unsustainable - The debt or the repudiation? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Nigeria's repudiation of these debts will almost be like repudiating her domestic debts to the Central Bank of Nigeria.
		So, unless we distrust those who verified that Nigeria owes the odd 35 billion dollars to her external creditors, we must assume that no part of the country's debt portfolio is sufficiently questionable to warrant a sustainable repudiation or default.
		Nigeria will still be stuck with the debt in addition to more billions in legal fees, debt acceleration costs, attorneys and other costs incurred by her lenders, court costs, and other costs incidental to defending an international suit of attrition in a foreign land.
	nigeriaworld.com /cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2005/mar/141.html (4351 words)

	Vanguard Online Edition : Masari and the Bugaje Forum: The plot, the fears
		The inauguration recently of a group, Forum for Democracy and Good Governance in the House of Representatives led by Dr. Usman Bugaje, appears to be the latest in the moves to unseat the present leadership of the House despite the group’s claim to the contrary.
		Indeed, in the days preceding the launching of the Forum, not less than 30 members of the House, loyal to the administration of the Speaker, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari, told newsmen that the group was formed mainly with the intention of upstaging the Speaker and his group.
		The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Mr Alaba Ojomo joined by his colleague in the Committee on Housing, Mr Osita Osinacho, told newsmen a day before the inauguration of the Forum that the leadership of the House would not want to be distracted by any individual or group.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/politics/p222022004.html (1225 words)

	Nigeriaworld -- The impeachment imbroglio
		If anyone is still in doubt about the quality of the people that we have in Nigeria's House of Representatives, it is one's belief that this idiotic, ill-conceived, vindictive impeachment move erases all doubts about their carpetbagger nature.
		Vindictive, because the leaders of the House were only out to get their enemy in person of President Obasanjo, by all means and had no intention of saving the ordinary Nigerian from the ineptness of the administration, hence they bungled an otherwise well - deserved impeachment process against the president.
		This odious tripod that represents the first two arms of our government are so inextricably twined in the cocoon of moral aridity as evident in the paralysing kleptomania, flagrant ostentation, blatant brigandage and banditry and the resulting deafening cacophony of our wailing people.
	nigeriaworld.com /columnist/oyeyemi/083002.html (1110 words)

	Death by Stoning Upheld in the Case of Nigerian Woman
		Amnesty International is urging its members and the public at large to participate in planned actions directed to the US House of Representatives and to Nigeria's secular government in Abuja, which in the past has deemed the Shari'ah penal code unconstitutional.
		Amnesty International is strongly opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances on the grounds that it represents the ultimate inhuman and degrading punishment and violates the right to life.
		Nigeria is also a state party to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
	www.exodusnews.com /worldnews/world037.htm (570 words)

	The Namibian \| Africa News \| Nigeria lawmakers to meet urgently on election law
		LAGOS - Nigeria's House of Representatives recalled its members to Abuja on Wednesday for an emergency debate on controversial changes to the election law that bar new parties from state and federal elections in 2003.
		Obasanjo said he had consulted the Senate president and the speaker of the House of Representives before making the amendment, but the two men do not have the authority to approve changes without presenting them to their respective houses.
		The House of Representatives placed a statement in national daily papers on Wednesday asking all members to return to Abuja on Thursday to "deliberate on the proposed amendments to the 2001 electoral act." They would normally have returned on January 22.
	www.namibian.com.na /2002/January/africa/0235F2556A.html (342 words)

	BBC News \| Africa \| Nigerian speaker steps down over allegations
		The allegations against Mr Buhari have sparked widespread public interest and the issue is seen as a stern test of Nigeria's fledging democratic institutions.
		On Tuesday, tempers flared in the House of Representatives, and proceedings were suspended as members opposed to Mr Buhari attempted to seize the ceremonial mace to prevent a motion in support of the speaker going ahead.
		Nigeria's new president, Olusegun Obasanjo, who has promised his government will be fearless in its war against corruption in public life, has so far not commented on the case.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/africa/newsid_400000/400225.stm (288 words)

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		The House of Representatives said it would also be taking Obasanjo to task over internal military operations he authorised at Odi, in the southern oil region, in 1999, and Zaki Biam, in central Nigeria, in 2001, during which hundreds of civilians were killed by rampaging troops.
		Members of the House representing the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), which has a comfortable majority in both chambers of parliament, said they have forwarded details of the alleged breaches of the constitution to the party leadership, and that impeachment proceedings would begin if a response was not received within 10 days.
		The House of Representatives had, on 13 August, passed a motion asking Obasanjo to resign within 14 days or face impeachment.
	irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=29737&...&SelectCountry=NIGERIA (462 words)

	CNN.com - Nigerian lawmakers to debate Taylor's asylum - Dec. 11, 2003
		Nigeria's House of Representatives plans to debate whether or not former Liberian President Charles Taylor, an indicted war-crimes suspect, should remain in asylum in this West African nation, a top official said Thursday.
		Taylor flew to Nigeria on August 11 as rebels laid siege to the Liberian capital, Monrovia.
		Bugaje said it was possible the House of Representatives could pass a motion calling on Obasanjo to turn Taylor over to the war crimes court -- something Obasanjo has repeatedly said he would not do.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/africa/12/11/nigeria.taylor.ap (368 words)

	Nigeria at risk of $33bn default -DAWN - International; 27 April 2005
		LAGOS: Nigeria is heading towards an Argentinian-style default on its $33bn (£17bn) of overseas debt unless western creditors accept a deal to alleviate the country’s financial burden, a delegation from west Africa’s biggest economy said in London.
		Farouk Lawan, the chairman of the finance committee in Nigeria’s house of representatives, said: “It is unconscionable that Nigeria has paid £3.5bn in debt service over the past two years but our debt burden has risen by £3.9bn — without any new borrowing.
		The British government believes a strong Nigeria is vital for growth in the whole of West Africa, and has been seeking to broker a deal.
	www.dawn.com /2005/04/27/int16.htm (335 words)

	African Liberators of Nigeria
		Nigeria, Awolowo seeks a looser federation, which the Sardauna prefers that the British remain in control until the Northern region is better prepared.
		Obafemi Awolowo was born at Ikenne, western Nigeria on March 6, 1909, the son of a farmer and descendant of Oduduwa, founder of the Yoruba kingdom.
		Zik was elected a Lagos member of the Legislative Council of Nigeria in 1947 and in 1952 was the first NCNC opposition leader in the Western House of Assembly.
	www.nathanielturner.com /africanliberatorsofnigeria.htm (2592 words)

	VOA News - Nigeria Debates Payment on Foreign Debt
		Nigeria's Senate has approved legislation saying that Nigeria will pay its foreign debt obligations this year, but the House of Representatives says it wants the country to stop servicing its $35 billion foreign debt.
		Nigeria's House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution criticizing foreign creditors for failing to give Africa's most heavily indebted country debt relief and demanding that the government stop paying its foreign debt.
		"Nigeria has the largest debt of any country in Africa, it has more poor people than any other country in Africa and clearly money should not be leaving the country to pay off ancient debts when it could be used to save lives," he said.
	www.voanews.com /english/2005-03-10-voa58.cfm (516 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Nigeria’s House of Representatives proposes new guidelines
		13-01-05 Perturbed by perceived anomalies in the nation's petroleum sector, the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum has proposed a new set of guidelines aimed at sanitising the industry.
		Subsection(I) reads: "From the commencement of this act, any company carrying on petroleum operations in Nigeria who employs a casual or temporary staff shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of N 50,000 for each day the casual or temporary staff is in its employment."
		On ratification by the House, the new law says operators shall provide fund yearly in US dollars for abandonment security paid into an interest-bearing Escrow Account in a bank in Nigeria having a requisite rating not later than 30 days from the commencement of production.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/nta50417.htm (512 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Overall, he said that it was hoped that the workshop would enable representatives from both Commonwealth parliaments and human rights commissions to discuss matters of common interest and develop a set of model Guidelines that might serve as a basis for a mutually rewarding relationship between the two bodies.
		Ariole Fancy, Member, House of Representatives, Nigeria The papers delivered by Hon Ibrahim Zailani and Ms Kerrie Tucker are reproduced in Appendix A. In his presentation, Hon Ariole Fancy noted that the National Human Rights Commission had become a significant and potent factor in the political life of Nigeria.
		State Houses of Assemblies should have their own standing committees on human rights, or at least the responsibility of considering human rights issues should be allocated to an already existing committee.
	www.britishcouncil.org /report_abujaworkshop.doc (4203 words)

	Media Rights Agenda Main Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Other participants came from the National Assembly, represented by Honourable Patrick Ene-Okon, Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Media of the House of Representatives; the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), represented by the President, Mr.
		At the end of the meeting, the participants outlined a plan of action under which MRA is to produce the final draft of the Bill, based on the agreements at the meeting, by February 12.
		It was also agreed that the various stakeholder organisations represented at the meeting should brief their members on the development so as to ensure that all their members support the Bill and the efforts to secure its enactment.
	www.internews.org /mra/mrm/feb01/feb01_mediabill.htm (1452 words)

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		A motion by member Ita Enang, which was unanimously adopted, agreed that the lower chamber of parliament rescind the earlier decision to reject the bill and instead conduct a public hearing to enable it to determine what is best for the well being of the Nigerian child.
		But the action of the House of Representatives drew severe criticism from local and international humanitarian organisations, including the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), which had made significant inputs towards preparing the draft bill.
		Nigeria was among the first countries to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in the early 1990s, but has yet to pass it as a domestic law.
	irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=32001&...&SelectCountry=NIGERIA (478 words)

	Nigeria - NigeriaExchange - Personalities - Mobolaji Aluko's Star Series
		Police sources told Nigeria's Guardian newspaper that he was arrested to stop him taking part in the inauguration of the new legislature.
		He represented Isiala-Mbano/Okigwe/Onuimo federal constituency in 1999-2003, and was the Chairman of the House of Representatives' Committee on Internal Security.
		Kalu, according to the parliamentarians, is to be paired with another youthful and principled politician from the north, particularly from the north-west geo-political zone to form a strong partnership in search of the PDP ticket for the presidency in 2003.
	www.ngex.com /personalities/voices/starbaluko053003.htm (574 words)

	Religion Likely To Determine Nigeria’s Elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Also at stake are 109 senatorial seats and 360 seats in the House of Representatives.
		Nigeria has lived under a democratic civilian regime for only the past four years and is still making the political transition from more than three decades of military dictatorship.
		The Catholic Church in Nigeria, concerned that the elections be truly democratic, has deployed 30,000 people across the country to monitor fairness at the polls.
	www.mcjonline.com /news/03a/20030416c.shtml (626 words)

	NIGERIAN PERMANENT DELEGATION TO UNESCO
		And on a 1960 United States tour as House Speaker, Jaja Wachuku was presented with the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Blue Seal and Key to the City of Atlanta Georgia.
		Notably, the Permanent Delegation to UNESCO is an emanation from Nigeria's Ministry of Education.
		By helping to improve and sustain Nigeria's education system, UNESCO will be in line with the April 1999 recommendation of the Second International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education held in Seoul, South Korea.
	www.unesco.org /delegates/nigeria/cooperation.html (1093 words)

	The Embassy of Nigeria : News
		Okey Udeh, Chairman of the Transport Committee, House of Representatives Nigeria.
		A 10-man team of the Transport Committee of Nigeria’s House of Representatives visited the Netherlands between June 26 — 28, 2000.
		The honourable members of the Transport Committee of the House of Representatives that visited the Netherlands were:
	www.nigerianembassy.nl /Representatives.htm (346 words)

	Nigeria Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Lower House as it is sometimes called is one of the two houses in the National Assembly.
		There are 360 members of the House of Representative representing the 774 local governments in the Nigerian Federation.
		Alphabetical List of Members of the House of Representatives for 1999-2003
	www.nigeriacongress.org /reps.htm (58 words)

	U.S. Embassy, Nigeria: Crossroads - June 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The first national showcase and simulated legislative hearing of Project Citizen organized by CIVITAS Nigeria in collaboration with the Center for Civic Education in Calabasas, CA, was held at the Cultural Center in Abuja on June 18.
		Isa Song, Chairman, House of Representative Sub-Committee on Primary and Secondary Education, Hon.
		Salisu of the House of Representatives, Dr. Emmanuel Donenu, Special Assistant to the Minister of Science and Technology, Hon.
	abuja.usembassy.gov /wwwhxjn4.html (664 words)

	OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED HB 22 BILL ON FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
		I have been reading the various articles and rejoinders for and against the HB 22 Bill that is before the House of Representatives in Nigeria.
		The proponents have not provided evidence that within Nigeria (a country comprised of about 250 ethnic groups, with majority of them having the same well-tested cultural norm in this regard) there has been an adverse effect of ‘circumcision’ on the female population.
		There is no need just sending a Bill to the house that has been signed by a handful of people (less than 100) in a population of about 120 million in Nigeria.
	www.africaresource.com /jenda/vol1.1/nwabuzor.html (739 words)

	BBC News \| Africa \| Obasanjo's party wins Nigeria poll
		Her father, Moshood Abiola, was on the verge of winning a 1993 election when it was annulled by the military, and before his sudden death last year had been expected to take a leading role in a democratic Nigeria.
		Candidates competed for positions in a 109-seat Senate and a 360-seat House of Representatives.
		Nigeria's military ruler, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has promised to hand over power in May to a new civilian government.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/africa/newsid_283000/283577.stm (569 words)

	Ghali Na’Abba commiserates with Nasarawa people
		The Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Alhaji Umar Ghali Na’Abba has visited Nasarawa state to commiserate with the people over the recent communal clashes that engulfed the Southern Senatorial District.
		Governor Adamu thanked the leadership of the House of Representatives for standing with the state at a time like this.
		He assured the Speaker that members of the House form Nasarawa state had continued to show all form of support to the government and were always willing to be part of the peace building process.
	www.nasarawastate.org /news/naabba.htm (278 words)

	USAfricaonline.com \| DemocracyWatch \| Chido
		Nigeria needs a new breed of servants that understand what our priorities should be.
		A special panel was set up in the house made up of people from both sides to investigate the convention activity.
		It is an indication of President Obasanjo's attitude towards (Nigeria's election in) 2003.
	www.usafricaonline.com /chido.cmaduka.html (3457 words)

	Center for Voting and Democracy
		The effect that an increase in the size of the House of Representatives will have on the American political system is obvious.
		Increasing the size of the House will result in a reduced amount of campaign spending, smaller Congressional districts, more personal interaction between Members of Congress and their constituents, and most importantly, better representation for the American people.
		On February 23, 2001, I introduced H.R. 506, a resolution to create a commission to study the size of the House of Representatives and the method by which representatives are chosen.
	www.fairvote.org /action/hastingsletter.htm (310 words)

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