August 2024 - Parliament Reports

Parliament Report Cards PERFORMANCE SCORECARD

LAW-MAKING: Here’s how you can rate your senators and house members

Korinjoh ReginaAugust 30, 20246 min

In exercise of their law-making duties, members of the 10th Senate and House of Representatives processed a total of 1,651 bills within the first year in office. This synopsis highlights OrderPaper’s signature annual performance appraisals and provides all the data you need to rate how your representatives in parliament have performed in office thus far OrderPaper’s trailblazing signature effort… Since its inception, OrderPaper Nigeria has championed multifaceted media products and advocacy programmes geared towards legislative...

National Assembly Politics PERFORMANCE SCORECARD

ANALYSIS: The national assembly and anti-people legislations

Elizabeth AtimeAugust 30, 202411 min

Despite being the arm of government invested with powers to protect the interests of citizens, the national assembly appears to be keen more compromise and connivance with the executive raising concerns of an abandoned Nigerian populace. Since the return of democracy in 1999 after long years of military rule, Nigerians longed for stability, progress and good governance that resonated with their hopes and aspirations. However, that has not been exactly the case thereby giving room...

House of Representatives

Climate change worsens farmer-herder clashes in Nigeria – Speaker Abbas

Leah TwakiAugust 30, 20249 min

Speaker Abbas has attributed the farmer-herder challenges to climate change, citing its role in reducing available resources, forcing farmers and herders to compete for limited land to grow crops and find fodder The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas (APC Kaduna) has pointed out that climate change has contributed to worsening farmer-herder clashes in the country. Abbas, represented by Rep.Dickson Takighir (APC Benue), spoke at a stakeholders forum on addressing the impact...

House of Representatives Nuggets & Learning PERFORMANCE SCORECARD Senate

Bill and Law: Keywords you should be familiar with

Joy EruraneAugust 29, 20246 min

It is often said that ignorance of the law is not excuse for violation. But it is even more important to know that apathy of the law-making process is a surrender to whatever comes your way, be it good or bad representation. In a previous piece, we already outlined the steps of how bills become laws. Now, we’re taking it a step further by defining the key terms, phrases, and processes involved in this process, in...

Parliamentary Resources

Meet 18 members of the 10th National Assembly from Katsina State

Leah TwakiAugust 29, 202412 min

Katsina State, north-west Nigeria, has a total of eighteen members in the National Assembly, comprising of three senators and fifteen representatives in the house Katsina State was created on 23rd September, 1987 from the defunct Kaduna State. The State is situated in the extreme northern part of the country with two emirate councils of Katsina and Daura. It shares borders with Kaduna State in the south, Jigawa to the east, Zamfara and Sokoto States to...

House of Representatives Nuggets & Learning PERFORMANCE SCORECARD Senate

Bills, citizens and country | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Timileyin OkunlolaAugust 28, 20246 min

Lawmaking is an integral part of a country and many often wonder what exactly the lawmaking process involves. This piece addresses the role bills play in the governance of a nation Laws are a system of rules established by a government to define rights and responsibilities, protect individual rights, regulate citizen’s behaviour, maintain order and promote justice and fairness in the country. In most countries, laws do not just occur rather they are the results...

House of Representatives PERFORMANCE SCORECARD Senate

IN THEIR OWN WORDS: Accolades for OrderPaper on NASS scorecards

Joy EruraneAugust 28, 2024113 min

Here is a chronicle of accolades from members of the national assembly and other stakeholders who confirm, in their own words, the objectivity, thoroughness and impact of the annual performance scorecards published by OrderPaper Over the last five years, OrderPaper has maintained the tradition of appraising and publishing the performance of members of the national assembly, especially regarding the duty of law-making. This signature work is data-driven, detailed, thorough and, therefore, unimpeachable. It is little...

Parliamentary Resources

Meet 16 members of the 10th National Assembly from Rivers State

Leah TwakiAugust 26, 202411 min

Rivers State, south-south Nigeria, has a total of sixteen members in the National Assembly, comprising three senators and thirteen representatives in the house Rivers state has Port-Harcourt as its capital. Nicknamed as ‘treasure base of the nation,’ the state was formed on 27th May 1967 with the splitting of the defunct Eastern region of Nigeria. It is named after the many rivers that border its territory and comprises 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs). The current...

Parliamentary Resources

Meet 11 members of the 10th National Assembly from Kebbi State

Leah TwakiAugust 26, 20248 min

Kebbi State, in north-west Nigeria, has a total of eleven members in the national assembly comprising three senators and eight representatives in the house Kebbi state, northwestern Nigeria, was created in 1991 from the south western half of Sokoto state. Kebbi borders the countries of Niger to the west and Benin to the southwest, and the states of Sokoto and Zamfara to the north and east and Niger to the south. Nasir Idris is the...

House of Representatives Senate

Student loans: Igbo senators, reps decry marginalisation of south-east

Sharon EboesomiAugust 25, 20242 min

“Those opportunities are our right and we must, like others, demand for what rightfully belongs to us.” Igbo senators and members of the house of representatives have condemned the reported marginalisation of students from the south-east geopolitical zone by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). The lawmakers spoke under the auspices of the south-east caucus in a statement issued on Sunday, jointly signed by Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe (APGA, Abia South) and Rep. Igariwey Iduma Enwo...

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