Last week, OrderPaper accurately made predictions on critical issues that made their way into discussions within the National Assembly for plenary week October 8 – October 10, 2024. With an impressive accuracy rate of 83 perent, OrderPaper‘s Legislative Intelligence Forecast Entry (LIFE) article has again proved to be a valuable resource for both public and private decision-making, as many of the issues we highlighted were indeed addressed in the National Assembly’s discussions and committee...
Oyo State, in the south-west region of Nigeria, has a total of seventeen members in the National Assembly, comprising of three senators and fourteen representatives in the House Oyo State, South-west Nigeria, consists of 33 Local Government Areas and has Ibadan as the capital and the most populous city in the country. Oyo State is bound to the north by Kwara State, to the east by Osun State, partly across the River Osun, to the...
Ebonyi State in the south-east Nigeria, has a total of nine members in the National Assembly, comprising of three senators and six representatives in the House Ebonyi, a state in the south-eastern part of Nigeria, was formed from parts of Abia and Enugu state in 1996 with Abakaliki as the capital. Nicknamed, ‘salt of the nation,’ it was named for the Abonyi (Aboine) River, a large part of which is in the southern part. Ebonyi State...
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...
Katsina State, north-west Nigeria, has a total of eighteen members in the National Assembly, comprising of three senators and fifteen representatives in the house Katsina State was created on 23rd September, 1987 from the defunct Kaduna State. The State is situated in the extreme northern part of the country with two emirate councils of Katsina and Daura. It shares borders with Kaduna State in the south, Jigawa to the east, Zamfara and Sokoto States to...
Rivers State, south-south Nigeria, has a total of sixteen members in the National Assembly, comprising three senators and thirteen representatives in the house Rivers state has Port-Harcourt as its capital. Nicknamed as ‘treasure base of the nation,’ the state was formed on 27th May 1967 with the splitting of the defunct Eastern region of Nigeria. It is named after the many rivers that border its territory and comprises 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs). The current...
Kebbi State, in north-west Nigeria, has a total of eleven members in the national assembly comprising three senators and eight representatives in the house Kebbi state, northwestern Nigeria, was created in 1991 from the south western half of Sokoto state. Kebbi borders the countries of Niger to the west and Benin to the southwest, and the states of Sokoto and Zamfara to the north and east and Niger to the south. Nasir Idris is the...
Edo State, in the south-south of Nigeria, has a total twelve members in the National Assembly, comprising of three senators and nine representatives in the House Edo, a state in the south-south part of Nigeria, has Benin City as the capital, which is the fourth largest city in Nigeria. Nicknamed ‘heartbeat of the nation.’ Edo was created in 1991 from the former Bendel State. Edo State comprises eighteen (18) Local Government Areas. It is currently...
Ekiti State, in the south-wast of Nigeria, has a total of nine members in the national assembly, comprising of three senators and six representatives in the House Ekiti, a state in the south-western part of Nigeria, was carved out from Ondo State in 1996 and has Ado-Ekiti as the capital. Nicknamed as ‘land of honour and integrity,’ Ekiti is one of the smallest states of Nigeria. Ekiti comprises of sixteen (16) Local Government Areas. It...
Sokoto State, in north-west Nigeria, has a total of fourteen members in the national assembly, comprising of three senators and eleven representatives in the House Sokoto State is located in the extreme north-west of the country. It was created in 1976 from the erstwhile North-west State. Bounded by the Republic of Niger to the north and west, and the states of Zamfara to the east, and Kebbi to the south and west, partly across the...
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