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OrderPaper hosts Night of Glamour in honour of performing NASS members

Sharon EboesomiMay 29, 20236 min

Nigeria’s foremost independent parliamentary monitoring organisation, OrderPaper hosts twenty-three performing members of the outgoing Ninth National Assembly at Night of Glamour, inducts five federal lawmakers into country’s first-ever Most Valuable Parliamentarian Hall of Fame READ ALSO: OrderPaper rewards 18 NASS Members for valuable contributions in lawmaking The much anticipated ‘Night of Glamour’ heralding the induction of the best-performing lawmakers in the 469-member Ninth National Assembly into Nigeria’s first-ever Most Valuable Parliamentarian Hall...

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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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MVP Hall of Fame: Na’Ábba endorses initiative as Saraki headlines guest list

Op-ed EditorMay 18, 20234 min

OrderPaper to unveil ‘Best of the Best Legislators’ in Ninth National Assembly at Night of Glamour in Abuja. Deserving finalists to be inducted into Most Valuable Parliamentarian (MVPs) Hall of Fame READ ALSO: #FixPolitics: “MVP Hall of Fame will compel healthy rivalry among lawmakers” President of the Senate in the 8th Assembly, Senator Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the 4th House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ghali Na’Ábba have associated with the...

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Wayas: Bill to cater for welfare of Ex-Legislators scales second reading

Sharon EboesomiMay 11, 20232 min

As provided in the bill, sources of funding for the programme shall include one percent of surcharge of all salaries and allowances of all elected members of the National Assembly. The Senate has passed, for second reading, a Bill for an Act to Establish a Parliamentary Welfare Programme for former legislators. The Bill, which was passed on Wednesday, seeks to promote and recover former legislators and cater for their welfare. Sponsor of the...

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NDDC: “Probe unauthorised 2021, 2022 expenditure” – Senate to Adhoc C’ttee

Sharon EboesomiMay 10, 20232 min

Senate constituted Adhoc Committee to investigate and report back in one week; the financial activities of NDDC in 2021 and 2022 READ ALSO: Counterpart Funding: Reps mandate NDDC to halt release of N15bn to FG \\ The Senate, on Tuesday, suspended consideration of the report of the 2023 budget estimates for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This is as it set up an Ad-hoc Committee to Investigate the Unauthorised Budget Expenditure...

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NDIC Board receives Senate’s Approval, confirms Mobolaji as Chairman

Sharon EboesomiMay 10, 20232 min

Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for the Senate’s confirmation of his nominees as Members of the NDIC Governing Board, the lawmakers approved the appointment of Dr Abdul Hakeem Mobolaji as Chairman on Tuesday. The Senate has confirmed the nominations of Hon. Dr Abdul Hakeem Mobolaji and six others for appointment as Chairman and members of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), respectively. The confirmation follows the presentation of...

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ROAD TO 10TH NASS: APC shuns Senator Kalu, Wase in zoning arrangement

adminMay 8, 20235 min

Governing All Progressives Congress throws weight behind the candidacies of former Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio and Kaduna lawmaker, Hon. Tajudeen Abass as Presiding Officers of Tenth Senate and House of Representatives, respectively READ ALSO: Parliament Special: Nigeria’s 10th National Assembly and the ghost of 2015 Following weeks of speculations and consultations, the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced its power-sharing arrangement and choice of candidates ahead of the...

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10TH NASS: Drama in the offing as micro-zoning faces setback

Op-ed EditorMay 8, 20235 min

Parliamentary Advocacy Network says Executive interference must be rejected, insists on independence of the 10th Assembly, equity, and fairness. READ ALSO: ROAD TO 10TH NASS: Can Wase make the Speakership chase? Members of the Parliamentary Advocacy Network (PAN, Nigeria), a pressure group with a bias for the independence of the National and States Houses of Assembly, have condemned a purported endorsement of some Lawmakers-elect as Presiding officers of the Tenth National...

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Brain Drain: Senator Oloriegbe advocates special categorisation for health workers

Gaddafi IbrahimMay 5, 20235 min

At May Day Dialogue put together by OrderPaper Nigeria, panellists discuss the way forward for Nigeria’s health sector amid biting challenges of brain drain and in light of controversies surrounding a proposed amendment to the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act 2004 READ ALSO: EXCLUSIVE: Medical/Dental License Bill Sponsor, Rep Johnson speaks As a pragmatic step towards curbing the issue of brain drain in Nigeria’s health sector, the federal and state governments...

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World Press Freedom Day: “Nigerian journalists deserve our appreciation” – Lawan

Sharon EboesomiMay 4, 20232 min

Chairman of the National Assembly celebrates Nigerian journalists for their contributions to democracy and governance, highlights contributions of the Ninth National Assembly in the promotion of the right to freedom of speech and opinion READ ALSO: OrderPaper Founder, Oke Epia, is Nigeria’s Most Influential Think Tank CEO President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has praised Nigerian journalists on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day for their significant impact on...

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