Two members of the House of Representatives from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja record nil bills as the only senator representing the territory sponsors one in one year. Abuja is representated in the 10th National Assembly by one senator and two members in the House of Representatives, making a total of three. Interesingly, they are all newbies (first termers). Out of a total number of 1,650 bills sponsored in the 10th National Assembly in...
Resurrected bills are now the order of the day in the 10th House of Representatives as 32.8 percent of bills sponsored in the first year were from the 9th assembly In the first year of the 10th House of Representatives, a total of 1175 bills were proposed out of which 386 were resurrected from the previous assembly. These make up for 32.8 percent of all house bills and spans across sectors such as education, security,...
In the first year of the 10th Senate, OrderPaper’s #NASSReportCard reveals that over 54 percent of bills sponsored are resurrected from the previous assembly. This “copy-paste” trend raises questions: Are lawmakers recycling old ideas at the expense of addressing current challenges faced by citizens? As the first year of the 10th National Assembly drew to a close in May 2024, opinions on the performance of representatives and the legislative branch as a whole, are varied. To...
The upcoming gubernatorial election in Edo state appears to have distracted lawmakers from their duties as 3 senators and 9 members in the house post 42 bills in one year. Out of a total of 1,650 bills sponsored in the 10th National Assembly in one year, 12 lawmakers from Edo state account for only 42. A majority of these 42 bills have witnessed very slow progression with many of them staying on just the first...
Apart from recycling of old bills, the rush to sponsor bills by members of the 10th national assembly is not matched by a resolve to see the proposals through the legislative journey as OrderPaper report card reveals The first year of the 10th National Assembly has witnessed a surge but slow pace of progression of sponsored bills, a significant number of which were proposals recycled from the preceding 9th assembly. These were highlights of...
As a niche signature effort, OrderPaper’s annual performance scorecard of members of the national assembly spotlight the critical journey of lawmaking from sponsorship of bills to eventual enactment by presidential assent, thereby revealing the true measure of lawmakers’ effectiveness and productivity. OrderPaper’s signature annual appraisals have become a gold standard for evaluating the performance of the national assembly. Arguably, legislators should not be appraised only based on their contributions or lack thereof in lawmaking. While...
In exercise of their law-making duties, members of the 10th Senate and House of Representatives processed a total of 1,651 bills within the first year in office. This synopsis highlights OrderPaper’s signature annual performance appraisals and provides all the data you need to rate how your representatives in parliament have performed in office thus far OrderPaper’s trailblazing signature effort… Since its inception, OrderPaper Nigeria has championed multifaceted media products and advocacy programmes geared towards legislative...
Despite being the arm of government invested with powers to protect the interests of citizens, the national assembly appears to be keen more compromise and connivance with the executive raising concerns of an abandoned Nigerian populace. Since the return of democracy in 1999 after long years of military rule, Nigerians longed for stability, progress and good governance that resonated with their hopes and aspirations. However, that has not been exactly the case thereby giving room...
Speaker Abbas has attributed the farmer-herder challenges to climate change, citing its role in reducing available resources, forcing farmers and herders to compete for limited land to grow crops and find fodder The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas (APC Kaduna) has pointed out that climate change has contributed to worsening farmer-herder clashes in the country. Abbas, represented by Rep.Dickson Takighir (APC Benue), spoke at a stakeholders forum on addressing the impact...
It is often said that ignorance of the law is not excuse for violation. But it is even more important to know that apathy of the law-making process is a surrender to whatever comes your way, be it good or bad representation. In a previous piece, we already outlined the steps of how bills become laws. Now, we’re taking it a step further by defining the key terms, phrases, and processes involved in this process, in...
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