Members of the 10th National Assembly last week elected their Presiding Officers in the Red Chamber. This was thereafter followed with one plenary session on 14th June, 2023 before the lawmakers proceeded on break. Here are five things you might have missed from the Red Chamber last week: 1. The lawmaker representing Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District, Godswill Obot Akpabio, emerged as the President of the Ninth Senate, polling a total...
The election of Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and Hon. Benjamin Kalu as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives may have come and gone. What were the undercurrents in their journey to securing such an unprecedented landslide like? Find out in this piece by our National Assembly Lead, Elizabeth Atime. READ ALSO: 10TH NASS: Composition of the Nigerian House of Representatives | Age, Gender The journey preceding the election of...
RMAFC undertook the last review of remuneration for public office holders in 2007, which culminated in the ‘Certain Political, Public and Judicial Office Holders (Salaries and Allowances, etc) (Amendment) Act, 2008’ READ ALSO: Parliament Special: How justified is severance package for lawmakers? The last few days have seen many hues and cry about a proposed increase of 114 per cent in the salaries of political office holders, including the President, vice...
In this second part of our series on the composition of both chambers of the Tenth National Assembly, we examine the composition of the House of Representatives. featuring distribution of members along parties, gender, youth, and PWDs READ ALSO: 10TH NASS: Composition of the Nigerian Senate | Parties, Ex-Governors and Deputies On Tuesday, 13th June 2023, the long-awaited inauguration of the Tenth National Assembly took place with Honourable Tajudeen Abbas (APC, Zaria...
“.. the novelty of MVP Hall of Fame is not only based on the performance of Members of National Assembly. It is the mix of the metrics used which includes not only the volume of Bills, the value and impact of Bills; but also something that is unique, and extraordinary, and that is value, morality.” – MVP Hall of Fame Panel of Experts The race for the #10thNASS MVP Hall of Fame come 2027 has...
A septuagenarian, Gumel had previously served as Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters between 2009 and 2011 and as Special Adviser to the National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) on National Assembly Matters from 2012 to 2014. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed a member of the Eighth Senate, Senator Abdullahi Abubakar Gumel, and Honourable Ibrahim Olarewaju Kunle; a member of the Ninth House of Representatives, as Presidential...
Barely one week after his loss at the Presiding Officers Election in the Senate, former Zamfara Governor, Yari narrates his political permutations before the contest and his next line of action READ ALSO: OrderPaper congratulates NASS Presiding Officers, tasks Members on accountable service delivery The lawmaker representing Zamfara West Senatorial District, Senator Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari, says he has assured the newly-elected President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, of his team’s...
A group of lawmakers of Ijaw background drawn from different states of the federation have accused the immediate past Akwa Ibom State governor, Udom Emmanuel, of hijacking lands belonging to the oil-producing Ijaw people in the state. Led by Rep. Abiante Awaji Mnobek (PDP, Rivers), the lawmakers made the accusation while briefing journalists in the National Assembly on Thursday. “This briefing is centred on the alleged re-mapping of local government areas in...
OrderPaper felicitates newly-elected Leadership and Membership of the Tenth National Assembly, calls for increased openness, transparency and accountability in the way the legislature and its members undertake duties in the new dispensation Nigeria’s foremost independent parliamentary monitoring organisation and think tank, OrderPaper, has congratulated Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and Hon. Benjamin Kalu on their emergence as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively. The legislative think tank also congratulated all...
Motion Sponsor, Rep. Philip Agbese argues that a growing number of youths seeking permanent residency in the United Kingdom, Canada, and other European countries portends grave danger to the country’s economy, intellectual community, and society. READ ALSO: Reps constitute seven Special Committees, adjourns to July The House of Representatives on Thursday unanimously rejected a motion to designate the emigration of young Nigerians abroad as a national emergency. Moved by Rep. Philip Agbese...
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