DAILY RENDEZVOUS

Daily Rendezvous Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs and lawmaker representing Gombi/ Hong Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Yusuf Buba Yakub, has described the death of Brig. Gen. Dzarma Zirkusu in an ambush by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists as a huge loss to the people of Gombi/ Hong Federal Constituency, to Adamawa State and to the nation at large. He said the late General was a fine officer, who was not only committed to his chosen profession but had the heart to do everything he could to make the people feel safe and free wherever he found himself.  He recalled several instances when the late General had brought succour to situations that looked quite apprehensive and said he would be greatly missed by colleagues and the people of the North East Zone in particular, whom he served with uncommon commitment until his last breath.   This is contained in a release personally signed by Yusuf Yakub Buba, which was mad...

Daily Rendezvous - Says Budget Proposals Paltry, Lacks Ambition for Development - Calls for Improvement from Federal Government and the Budget Office  Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, have said that the various sums allocated to capital costs in the 2022 budget proposals for Agencies and Departments under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are meagre and therefore appear insensitive to the challenges being faced by those institutions. The Committee made the observation, Wednesday, at the House of Representatives during the defence of the 2022 budget proposals of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) and the Foreign Service Academy ( FSA) ,two major parastatals under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs located in Lagos, Nigeria.  Speaking at the end of the budget defence exercise, the heads of these instutions, and the Chairman of the Committee, Rt. Hon.( Dr.) Yusuf Buba Yakub, called on the Federal Government, the Budg...

Daily Rendezvous - Committee on Foreign Affairs Undertakes Oversight Visit to Ministry's Headquarters - Thumbs-Up Improvements at the Ministry Headquarters Pledges Increase in Budgetary Allocation in View of Prevailing Dollar-Naira Fluctuations The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs has, during its oversight visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters,Abuja, commended the Ministry for turning things around in terms of improvement in it's infrastructure. While delivering his remarks during the visit, the Chairman of the House Committee, Hon.Buba said the Committee is glad to once again return to the Ministry to carry out its Constitutionally- mandated role as lawmakers sequel to its visit last year and better still, it is looking better than it was during uts last visit. The committee however notes that, there would be need for more funding for the ministry in view of the dwindling exchange rate of the dollars-naira. The Commi...

Daily Rendezvous Adamawa  state Lawmaker looses mum. The Honorable member representing Numan/Demsa/Lamurde Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Kwamoti Bitrus Laori looses mum. Late Mama Mildred Ibrahim died in the evening of Monday 12th April, 2021 after a protracted illness in Abuja. 

Daily Rendezvous The Member Representing, Ganye, Jada, Toungo and Mayo Belwa in the Federal House of Representatives, Abdulrazak Namdas, said the ongoing revalidation of membership for party members across the country is a timely step in strengthening the party to take over governnent at all levels in the country. Namdas said, APC in Adamawa is ready to clinch power and aust the current government from power buoyed by the current re-registration and revalidation exercise. Namdas made the remarks shortly after re-validating his membership at Ganye 3 Ward, Ganye local government area of Adamawa state.  The lawmaker who is also the chairman of the House of Representatives committee on army commended the caretaker leadership of the party under the Yobe state governor, Maimala Buni for ensuring that the exercise is conducted and successful. "The journey of APC to take over the government in Adamawa and also to retain government at the national level has just begun. The regi...

Daily Rendezvous The Adamawa lawmaker representing Gombi/Hong at the federal house of representatives, Yusuf Buba Yakub, had called for wider participation of political stakeholders towards deepening the gains of democracy across the country. Buba said wider participation by all stakeholders to address the developmental needs in his constituency, has become critical and paramount. Buba Yakub Said, "I' have sunk over 300 hundred boreholes across my onstituency." Speaking against the backdrop of pictures making the rounds on the social media depicting acute water shortages in Kulda, a village in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Yusuf Buba Yakub says, "I Have personally sunk over 300 boreholes in the entire Federal Constituency and other stakeholders have to contribute their quota." Buba in a statement issued by his media aide, Nkem Anyata-Lafia, "As at the last count, I have sunk over 300 boreholes personally in the whole o...