This Public Engagement Hub seminar holding on October 4 between 09.00-10.00 (WAT) virtually, is championed by IPU’s Centre for Innovation in Parliament and will be broadcast in English, French and Spanish. Following the release of the 2022 IPU-UNDP Global Parliamentary Report on Public Engagement in the work of Parliament, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the International Parliament Engagement Network (IPEN) are set to organise a webinar. Dubbed the ‘Public Engagement...
KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY TONY ELUMELU CFR AT THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION’S ANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCE 2023 INTRODUCTIONS AND PROTOCOLS. Mr. President and our Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, His Excellency Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR. We have come together today united. United with one ambition, one duty – nation building. I thank Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), President of the Nigerian Bar Association and his leadership for the honour of speaking here today – and the...
Dr. Austin Uganwa celebrates Rt. Hon. Austin Adiele Opara, former Deputy Speaker of the Fifth House of Representatives, as he clocks sixty, READ ALSO: Composition of the 10th House of Reps Standing Committees Rivers-born Politician, Rt. Hon. Austin Opara, has been described as a source of inspiration, leading light and pillar of strength to his people, who has made his mark in the nation’s shadowy political landscape. Public Affairs Consultant and academic, Dr...
OrderPaper Nigeria is seeking an experienced and motivated Sales and Marketing Officer to join our dynamic team in expanding our revenue mobilisation base in Nigeria. About us: We’re a rapidly growing, independent parliamentary monitoring organisation and policy think tank located in Abuja, Nigeria. Since 2017, our portfolio of programmes has helped bridge the gap between people and parliament. Our successes and accomplishments are anchored on the ACT of Parliament principles of Authority,...
Active Citizens Engaging the Legislature (ACEs) is an initiative of OrderPaper; Nigeria’s foremost independent parliamentary monitoring organisation and policy think tank, conceived to achieve the implementation of its Legislative Accountability and Constituency Engagement (Leg’ACE) Programme. As stakeholders continue to seek solutions to the political situation in Niger Republic, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been urged to pursue the option of shuttle diplomacy more vigorously. This call was made...
Onuigbo notes that the Board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC) must structure its plans in a manner that renews hope and delivers development that is enduring and sustainable. READ ALSO: 9th NASS: OrderPaper inducts five lawmakers into MVP Hall of Fame The South East representative on the Board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), Rep. Sam Onuigbo, has pledged to bring selfless service anchored on the vision of providing advice...
Epia, who will be speaking on Setting the Agenda for Nigeria’s Legislative Arm of Government, is the convener of Nigeria’s first-ever Most Valuable Parliamentarian (MVP) Hall of Fame READ ALSO: Hall of Fame: Can anything good come out of Nigeria’s Parliament? The Founder/Executive Director of OrderPaper Nigeria; Oke Epia, will, this weekend, join a list of eminent speakers at the second edition of the Naija Policy Hackathon. Organised by Policy Shapers,...
The Bill sponsored by Rep. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe was mooted in March 2022 in the Ninth House of Representatives but failed to move beyond the Committee level READ ALSO: Parliament Spotlight: Adewunmi Oriyomi Onanuga | Reps Deputy Chief Whip A federal lawmaker, Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, and Speak Out Africa; a non-governmental organisation, have reinforced the need for the pending bill on the validity of the United Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to be made...
The organisation further clarified that despite its position on discontinuing budgetary allocations to professional bodies and councils, it does not extend to some regulatory councils that function as parastatals. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has reacted to a reported stoppage by the federal government to the funding of professional bodies and councils, describing it as a perceived misinterpretation of the original intention. According to a statement by Innocent Okwuosa, President of...
Public policy analyst, Sesugh Akume, writes from Abuja, on the brewing political crises in Benue and Plateau States following the recent action of the Chief Executive of both states upon assumption of office. “…Section 62 which speaks of suspension, nor any section in the Benue Local Government Law 2007 mentions suspension of the local government legislative councils. For the fact that suspension in the Local Government Law is limited to Chairmen and...
