This week, our Parliament Spotlight is focused on the lawmaker representing Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency of Ogun State in the House of Representatives. She doubles as the only female Principal Officer among nineteen men in both chambers of Nigeria’s federal parliament. READ ALSO: Parliament Spotlight: Franca Afegbua; Nigeria’s First Elected Female Senator When the results of the 2023 National Assembly elections were fully unveiled to Nigerians, it was clear to many that...
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...
At Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, ECOWAS Commission attributes factors such as insecurity, persistent inflation, and climate change, among others as being responsible for food and nutritional crises READ ALSO: Ex-Ghanaian MP seeks actualisation of direct elections into ECOWAS Parliament The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Dr Omar Alieu Touray, has called on leaders in the sub-region to put in place...
The World Parliament Day Discourse which is in line with the global theme for the International Day of Parliamentarism 2023 – ‘Parliaments for the Planet,’ is focused on evaluating the implementation of Nigeria’s Climate Change Act READ ALSO: OrderPaper Nigeria: 22 Moments and Milestones of 2022 As citizens and nations of the world grapple with the effects and impacts of climate change, the response of the Government and people of Nigeria has come under...
Umaru Yakubu Kirawa pens an opinion piece from Maiduguri, setting the agenda for Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno representing Borno North Senatorial District. READ ALSO: 10TH NASS: Composition of the Nigerian Senate | Parties, Ex-Governors and Deputies Northern Borno State has been one of the worst-hit regions in Nigeria due to the insurgency that has ravaged the area for over a decade. The region has experienced untold hardship, with thousands of people...
Hon. Fredrick Opare-Ansah argues that the ECOWAS Commission is in a better position to prepare the necessary framework that will lead to the actualisation of direct elections into ECOWAS Parliament A former member of the Ghanaian Parliament and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Hon. Fredrick Opare-Ansah, has hailed the ECOWAS Commission for the crucial role it has played in sustainability, stability and development in the past forty-eight...
The collaboration is in relation to the Organisational Development Marketplace Training Programme of the USAID-funded Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement Activity (SCALE), geared towards strengthening the financial, management and advocacy capacity of local civil society organisations. In a bid to strengthen the capacity of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria, Palladium Group, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the launch of a postgraduate course...
Legal Practitioner and former Minority Whip of the House of Representatives, Dr Samson R. Osagie, hails successful inauguration of Tenth National Assembly as evidence that Nigeria is undoubtedly on a trajectory that offers hope and progress for its citizens. READ ALSO: Tinubu: “I’m prepared to transparently work with the National Assembly” As the 10th National Assembly gets inaugurated today, 13th June 2023, I wish to most profoundly congratulate all the elected members of...
Convener of the Most Valuable Parliamentarian (MVP) Hall of Fame, Oke Epia, pens a reflective piece on the initiative; answers burning question about the possibility of members of Nigeria’s Parliament being found worthy of reward for performance. Politicians are generally doubted and, many times, distrusted. Parliamentarians are worse off by a whim. So, can anything good come out of Nazareth? The above question is, therefore, a default reaction that would greet a celebration of...
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