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Career Opportunities: OrderPaper Nigeria is hiring | Programme Executive

adminJune 8, 202314 min

OrderPaper Advocacy Initiative seeks a dedicated and passionate Programme Executive to join our team and lead the coordination/implementation of some projects and activities in Abuja. Who We Are OrderPaper Advocacy Initiative is 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...

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Operation Safe Haven: Reps demand justice for 18-year-old killed by Taskforce

Gaddafi IbrahimJune 7, 20233 min

Lawmakers also called on government to provide adequate healthcare for Emmanuel Pam; the other victim who was injured in the sad event. The House of Representatives has called for an urgent investigation, justice and compensation for the family of Kenneth Gyang, an eighteen-year-old allegedly killed by men of Operation Safe Haven; a Special Task Force in Plateau State. The House, in a resolution during plenary on Tuesday, also called for...

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10TH NASS: President Tinubu to meet Lawmakers-elect, swears in Senator Akume

Sharon EboesomiJune 7, 20232 min

President schedules meeting with all Senators-elect and the Members-elect of the House of Representatives in the Tenth National Assembly for Thursday, swears in Senator George Akume as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Ahead of Tuesday’s inauguration of the Tenth National Assembly, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has invited Senators-elect and Members-elect for a meeting on Thursday, at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja. This was contained in a letter from...

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Senate frowns at use of chartered aircraft for unveiling of Nigeria Air

Sharon EboesomiJune 7, 20234 min

The Senate has expressed disappointment over the controversies that have trailed the Federal Government’s action of flying an aircraft belonging to Ethiopia Airline into Abuja for the inauguration of a national carrier, Nigeria Air. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Biodun Olujimi (PDP, Ekiti South), during a Committee meeting with officials of the Ministry of Aviation and other stakeholders in the industry. Olujimi frowned...

Featured National Assembly Politics Senate

10TH NASS: Senator-elect kicks against zoning and external interference in electing Presiding Officers

Sharon EboesomiJune 5, 20233 min

As the race for leadership of the 10th Assembly heats up, Kano South Senatorial District Senator-elect has cautioned the APC of its zoning plan, stressing that sacrosanct provisions guiding the election processes of selecting Presiding Officers must not be tampered with. READ ALSO: 9th NASS: OrderPaper inducts five lawmakers into MVP Hall of Fame Suleiman Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila As Lawmakers continue to jostle for positions as Presiding Officers in the 10th National Assembly, Senator-Elect, Suleiman...

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OrderPaper rewards 18 NASS Members for valuable contributions in lawmaking

Olamilekan Quadri AlimiJune 1, 20235 min

Appraising the core duty of lawmaking, OrderPaper rewards eighteen performing members of outgoing Ninth National Assembly for making it to the Semifinals of the country’s first-ever Most Valuable Parliamentarian Hall of Fame READ ALSO: OrderPaper hosts Night of Glamour in honour of performing NASS members Eighteen members of the outgoing Ninth National Assembly have received Certificates of Recognition for their valuable contributions in the core legislative function of lawmaking over the last...

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9th NASS: OrderPaper inducts five lawmakers into MVP Hall of Fame

Gaddafi IbrahimMay 29, 20236 min

The inductees who emerged as finalists after a rigorous selection process overseen by an MVP Panel of Experts (MPEs), which started with the nomination of fifty-five federal lawmakers as of midterm (June 2022) of the Ninth National Assembly were presented with plaques at a well-attended ceremony READ ALSO: OrderPaper hosts Night of Glamour in honour of performing NASS members As the tenure of the Ninth National Assembly slowly grinds to...

Featured House of Representatives Senate

Oke Epia: The Ninth National Assembly and the Buhari Years

Op-ed EditorMay 29, 20236 min

Oke Epia is the Founder of OrderPaper, Nigeria’s foremost independent parliamentary monitoring organisation and policy think tank that bridges the gap between people and parliament. An assessment of the Buhari presidency and the national assembly must necessarily be viewed from two lenses. One is the character and personality of the president himself. The other is the bifurcated fractious power play co-located within the presidency itself and the outlying centrifugal forces battling for...

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OGP: Minister of State, FRC felicitates OrderPaper’s Executive Director, Oke Epia

Op-ed EditorMay 28, 20236 min

Outgoing Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Ikanade Agba, Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) felicitates Executive Director of OrderPaper, Oke Epia on his inauguration as a member of the National Steering Committee (NSC) of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) The outgoing Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Ikanade Agba, has congratulated the Executive Director of OrderPaper, Oke Epia, on his inauguration as a member of the National Steering...

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May 25: Why politics matters for Africa’s development

Op-ed EditorMay 25, 20239 min

In commemoration of Africa’s Day 2023, former World Bank Vice-President for Africa, Oby Ezekwesili et al examines state of development on the continent and the important role of politics By Obiageli Ezekwesili, Alioune Badara Fall, Adama Gaye Sixty years ago, this day, May 25, Africa led the world in creating the first-ever pan-continental political body with the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). It was in 1963 when 30 leaders of...

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