“What OrderPaper has started in the history of our National Assembly is unique in several respect; in that it is going to be a barometer by which legislator from both Senate and House of Representatives will be measured in terms of performance on the floor of the house and committee sittings in the years to come.” Remarks of Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Ábba; Speaker of the 4th House of Representatives (represented by former House Minority Whip,...
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The ‘Night of Glamour’ which saw the unveiling and induction of best-performing lawmakers into the Most Valuable Parliamentarian (MVP) Hall of Fame finally took place in the nation’s capital, Abuja, awarding 5 out of the 469 members of the outgone Ninth National Assembly as Nigeria’s first-ever Most Valuable Parliamentarian (MVP) Hall of Fame. Looking at the whole scenario in the National Assembly, different people have various perceptions about the National Assembly and the activities of...
Five out of its 469 members have emerged as worthy inductees into the first-ever Most Valuable Parliamentarian (MVP) Hall of Fame convened by OrderPaper Nigeria. These inductees were unveiled as finalists for the MVP Hall of Fame from an earlier shortlist of 25 semifinalists released by OrderPaper, Nigeria’s foremost independent parliamentary monitoring organisation and policy think tank, on Sunday, 21st May 2023, at a well-attended dinner at the NAF Conference Centre in Abuja. Incase you...
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...
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...
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...
At second plenary session of the Tenth House of Representatives, Speaker announces Rep. Khadija Buka Abba-Ibrahim (APC, Yobe) and Rep. Ikenga Ugochinyere (PDP, Imo) as spokesperson of the Green Chamber. Ebonyi Rep, Igariwey Iduma Enwo, to chair Rules and Business Committee READ ALSO: Speaker Tajudeen Abbas announces first set of appointments The House of Representatives has set up seven Special Committees for the effective take-off of the 10th Session in the Green Chamber...