Tijah Bolton-Akpan, with over twenty years of local and international experience in programme management and consulting roles in the development sector, will help guide efforts to implement Nigeria’s Third OGP National Action Plan (NAPIII). Policy Alert is proud to announce that its Chief Executive Officer, Tijah Bolton-Akpan, has been nominated to the third National Steering Committee (NSC III) of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in Nigeria. The OGP is a global initiative...
Former Director of Communication at ECOWAS, Adama Gaye, pays tribute to Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili; Nigeria’s Former Minister of Education, as the new face of an emergent new Africa By Adama Gaye In her native Nigeria, she has already entered in the best books of history as Madame Due Process. But more is to come. Obiageli Ezekwesili is the archetype of the inspirational, transformational and values-based leader, Africa has long been yearning for. Her...
Organisers say their choice for the awards rest on CEOs they feel have gone above and beyond in their field and deserve to be recognised for their achievements based entirely on merit, rather than popularity or company size as found with other awards programmes. READ ALSO: 10th NASS Leadership: ED OrderPaper, speaks on deciding factors for Presiding Officers Founder and Executive Director of OrderPaper, Oke Epia, has emerged as the Most Influential...
Contrary to the expectations of many, youth representation in the 10th National Assembly may not be as impressive as predicted. In assessing the small wins from the elections, however, this edition of Parliament Spotlight is focused on the youngest Senator-Elect in the next political dispensation. READ ALSO: 10TH NASS: Composition of the Nigerian Senate | Parties, Ex-Governors and Deputies Thirty-seven-year-old Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr, is not a new name in Cross River Politics, at...
With no fewer than eleven candidates eyeing the seat of Speaker in the Tenth House of Representatives, this opinion piece examines the merit of competence and capacity as key considerations in the imminent leadership recruitment process. By Abel Atanda READ ALSO: 10TH NASS: Reps Minority Caucus working to produce House Leadership Nigeria is Africa’s largest democracy and has remained so since its return to civil rule on 29th May 1999. This is especially...
Victor on February 25, deceased by April 22; OrderPaper’s Ibrahim Gaddafi Tanko puts to pen the life and times of Honourable Ismaila Maihanci Yushau; the 36-year-old philanthropist and politician who took the Taraba polity by storm. Until his death, he was the lawmaker-elect for Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency of Taraba State in the incoming Tenth House of Representatives. Born 36 years ago in the historic city of Jalingo, the Member-elect was born into...
Senator-elect Kingibe holds exclusive chat with OrderPaper Nigeria, assures residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of her readiness for quality representation through accessibility, SDG-centered projects, mass housing, agro-processing businesses, etc READ ALSO: PROFILES: Meet the 7 ‘Obidient’ Senators-Elect in the Tenth National Assembly “So there are a lot of things, and these things will take four years, if not more. But from the first year, you will start seeing and feeling the...
Former Kwara Speaker and Professor of Legislative Studies writes Senate President Ahmad Lawan, urges Ninth National Assembly to initiate processes towards overturning President Buhari’s recent veto of vital constitutional amendment bills READ ALSO: MVP Hall of Fame: 20 National Assembly Members make Semi-Final shortlist Distinguished Senator Ahmed Lawan, Senate President and Chairman, 9th National Assembly, Abuja Like Your Predecessors, Please Override This Veto I am writing you this long letter to...
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE POPULA (PROMOTING OPEN PARLIAMENT FOR UPSCALING LEGISLATIVE ACCOUNTABILITY) PROJECT DIALOGUE SERIES ON SETTING THE AGENDA FOR YOUTH INCLUSION IN PARLIAMENT, A PROJECT ORGANISED BY THE NETWORK OF PARLIAMENTARY MONITORING ORGANISATION (PMOs) HELD AT MARYAM HAL, HAWTHORN SUITES, ABUJA ON WEDNESDAY 19TH APRIL, 2023 PREAMBLE National Parliaments play a crucial role in any democratic dispensation of a country. This is because they are looked upon as directly...
Nigeria Network of Parliamentary Monitoring Organisations (PMOs), Other Stakeholders advocate youth inclusion in parliament as crucial step in the promotion of democracy, diversity, and quality representation READ ALSO: POPULA: “Time for African parliaments to be more transparent” As the inauguration of the Tenth National Assembly draws closer, the role of the legislature as the live wire of representative democracy, especially in the area of youth and women inclusion, has been re-emphasised....
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