Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe, (APC, Kwara Central), was among the key actors that saw to the passage and eventual assent of the Mental Health Act. OrderPaper Nigeria sat with the medical doctor-turned-politician in an interview to gain greater insight into the objectives and major provisions of the Act READ ALSO: Parliament Meme: Committee Membership in the Senate President Muhammadu Buhari on January 5, 2023, signed...
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This edition of Parliament Meme is an exposition on the duties and functions of the Chief Whip and Deputy Chief Whip, as well as the Minority Whip and Deputy Minority Whip in both chambers of the Nigerian National Assembly
Between June 2019, when the Ninth Senate was inaugurated and June 2022, a total of 1,009 bills were sponsored by lawmakers in the Chamber. Out of this tally, ten first-term Senators sponsored 200 bills representing 19.8% of the total number This scorecard for first-term lawmakers thus highlights the top ten newbies in the chamber with the most bills sponsored in the period under review READ ALSO: Top 10 Newbies in the House...
OrderPaper’s Performance Scorecard for the Third Session of the Ninth House of Representatives shows that a total of 1,979 bills were sponsored between June 2019 and May 2022. Out of this tally, ten first-term lawmakers sponsored 226 bills representing 11.4% of the total number READ ALSO: Lagos, Kaduna lawmakers dominate Reps Bills Progression Chart | National Assembly Scorecard Data gathered from the 9th National Assembly Appraisals (Third Session) highlights these first-term lawmakers...
In this special NASS Report Card on Stagnated Bills, we focus on the parliamentarians with the most bills yet to go beyond the First reading stage.
Performance Scorecard of the Top 10 House of Representatives members by Bills Progression (Productivity Index) highlighting parliamentarians who have worked at ensuring their bills move far along the steps of lawmaking
Ten months after, National Assembly to transmit 35 Constitution Alteration Bills received from twenty-seven State Assemblies to President Buhari for assent, Bill seeking to abrogate State Joint Local Government Account failed passage For the umpteenth time, the clamour for financial autonomy of local government councils in the country has suffered a setback in the ongoing Consitution Amendment process. Passed as one of the forty-four Constitution Alteration Bills by the National Assembly in March 2022 and...
The Yobe lawmaker hit hard at the opposition PDP for what he described as denying the existence of Boko Haram and allowing the insurgency to blossom instead of doing the needful as the Buhari Administration has done
In the National Assembly, members of the Senate are assigned to various Committees for the smooth discharge of legislative duties. This week, on this episode of Parliament Meme, we commence a series on Special Committees in the Nigerian Senate READ ALSO: Parliament Meme: Committee Membership in the Senate Within the first fourteen legislative days following the first sitting of the Senate, the membership of the following Special Committees shall be...
With thirteen female lawmakers in the Green Chamber, OrderPaper Nigeria highlights the Bills Tally of female members of the House of Representatives over the last three years (2019 -2022)