Senate summons Buhari’s aides over performance of N-Power programme
By OakTV
14 December 2017 |
3:00 pm
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has called on the federal government, the National Assembly, the private sector and the civil society, to as a matter of urgency, focus attention on youth unemployment and development crisis facing the county.
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