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LAW-MAKING: Here’s how you can rate your senators and house members

Korinjoh ReginaAugust 30, 20246 min

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...

Elections House of Representatives

BIG ISSUE: Can Laguda surpass the achievements of Gbajabiamila

Elizabeth AtimeFebruary 13, 20245 min

Fuad Laguda makes his way to the House of Representatives as the replacement for the former Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila. Nigerians will be watching keenly to know if he can surpass the achievements of his predecessor. In a political landscape marked by transitions and transformations, the election of Fuad Laguda to the House of Representatives comes as a significant development for Nigeria’s democracy. Laguda steps into the shoes of the former Speaker, Femi...

National Assembly Politics Senate The Polls

Bye-Election: Pam Mwadkon wins Plateau North, replaces Mwadkwon

Sharon EboesomiFebruary 5, 20242 min

A Court of Appeal sacked Mwadkwon late last year and mandated a rerun within 90 days. He was also barred from the rerun election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Prince Pam Mwadkon Dachungyang as the winner of the bye-election for Plateau North senatorial district. Dachungyang of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) won with 122,442 votes defeating Yakub Muhammad Safiu of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) who polled 53,980, Christopher Musa Giwa...

Elections National Assembly Politics

Bye-elections – Laguda replaces Gbajabiamila

Sharon EboesomiFebruary 4, 20243 min

In the bye-election conducted today, Saturday, 3 February 2024, a total of 74 candidates contested for nine seats in the State and National assemblies. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has conducted and announced the results of nine bye-elections and 35 rerun elections across 26 states of the country. According to INEC, Fuad Laguda, a former chairman of the APC in Surulere Local Government, has emerged as the winner of the bye-election for Surulere Federal...

Elections Management Uncategorized

Remove President’s power to appoint INEC chairman – Jega

Kauthar KhaleelOctober 23, 20233 min

Prof. Jega said taking the President of the power to appoint INEC chairman will free the commission from partisanship. Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has proposed that the power to appoint the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) be taken from the President. This is as he noted the need for further amendments to remove ambiguities, clarify and strengthen some of its sections. Jega, who...

Elections

Tribunal Watch: Omo-Agege heads to Appeal Court

Sharon EboesomiSeptember 29, 20231 min

Omo-Agege said while he respects the decision of the tribunal, he, however, deems it flawed. Former Deputy President of the 9th Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has declared his intention to appeal the ruling of the Delta State Governorship Tribunal, which dismissed his case. Following the panel’s dismissal, Omo-Agege, the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) governorship candidate, instructed his legal team to immediately file an appeal against the ruling that affirmed Sheriff Oborevwori winner of the election....

Elections Uncategorized

“Defective leadership recruitment affects quality legislation” – Epia

Gaddafi IbrahimAugust 21, 20233 min

The organization tasked the INEC to resolve logistical issues experienced during the last general elections, prosecute electoral offenders, and put mechanisms in place to guard against voter intimidation. With the conclusion of the much-touted 2023 general elections, a network of civil society organizations in Nigeria, led by OrderPaper Nigeria, has identified bandwagon voting as one of the issues that affect the quality of lawmakers elected to the National Assembly. This position was made known...

Elections Management Senate

Diaspora voting, permanent seats…5 things to note about Nwoko’s proposal

Sharon EboesomiJuly 10, 20236 min

One month into the life of the Tenth National Assembly, Delta Senator, Ned Nwoko is bringing back the conversations on Diaspora voting and a more inclusive parliament to Nigeria’s legislative discourse. READ ALSO: Reps vow to re-introduce Diaspora Voting Bill For several years, Nigerians in the Diaspora have continued to clamour for the right to vote, which is currently impossible under the electoral laws and the constitution. In Africa’s largest democracy,...

Featured House of Representatives Parliament Report Cards

FOR THE RECORD: Valedictory Speech by 9th House Speaker, Gbajabiamila

Gaddafi IbrahimJune 12, 202318 min

Valedictory Speech by Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the Ninth House of Representatives (2019 – 2023) to Members of the Green Chamber READ ALSO: 9th NASS: OrderPaper inducts five lawmakers into MVP Hall of Fame “Honourable colleagues, fellow Nigerians: I thank God almighty, by whose grace and mercy we have gathered here once more in the people’s House to do our duty even as our time in the 9th...

Featured Parliament Report Cards

FOR THE RECORD: Lawan’s Speech at Valedictory Session of 9th Senate

Sharon EboesomiJune 12, 202327 min

Full text of Valedictory Speech delivered by Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, President of the 9th Senate, at the final session in the Red Chamber READ ALSO: National Assembly Scorecard: Bills Tally of the 109 Senators & 360 Reps The Ninth Senate came to an end on Saturday, 10th June 2023 following its valedictory session held at a Temporary Red Chamber in the National Assembly. The session, which is the last official...

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