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Brain Drain: Senator Oloriegbe advocates special categorisation for health workers

At May Day Dialogue put together by OrderPaper Nigeria, panellists discuss the way forward for Nigeria’s health sector amid biting challenges of brain drain and in light of controversies surrounding a proposed amendment to the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act 2004   READ ALSO: EXCLUSIVE: Medical/Dental License Bill Sponsor, Rep Johnson speaks        As a pragmatic step towards curbing the issue of brain drain in Nigeria’s health sector, the federal and state governments...

Medical/Dental License Bill: “Why we opposed the legislation” – NARD VP

In light of controversies surrounding a proposed amendment to the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act 2004, Stakeholders profer pragmatic solutions to challenge of Brain Drain in Nigeria’s Health Sector at May Day Dialogue put together by OrderPaper Nigeria.   READ ALSO: ROAD TO 10TH NASS: Can Wase make the Speakership chase?       With the issue of brain drain in Nigeria’s health sector still dominating conversations, Nigerian Resident Doctors have described the proposed amendment...

Policy Alert CEO nominated to OGP National Steering Committee

Tijah Bolton-Akpan, with over twenty years of local and international experience in programme management and consulting roles in the development sector, will help guide efforts to implement Nigeria’s Third OGP National Action Plan (NAPIII).       Policy Alert is proud to announce that its Chief Executive Officer, Tijah Bolton-Akpan, has been nominated to the third National Steering Committee (NSC III) of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in Nigeria. The OGP is a global initiative...

OPINION: Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili: A transformational trailblazer

Former Director of Communication at ECOWAS, Adama Gaye, pays tribute to Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili; Nigeria’s Former Minister of Education, as the new face of an emergent new Africa   By Adama Gaye   In her native Nigeria, she has already entered in the best books of history as Madame Due Process. But more is to come. Obiageli Ezekwesili is the archetype of the inspirational, transformational and values-based leader, Africa has long been yearning for. Her...

OrderPaper Founder, Oke Epia, is Nigeria’s Most Influential Think Tank CEO 

Organisers say their choice for the awards rest on CEOs they feel have gone above and beyond in their field and deserve to be recognised for their achievements based entirely on merit, rather than popularity or company size as found with other awards programmes.     READ ALSO: 10th NASS Leadership: ED OrderPaper, speaks on deciding factors for Presiding Officers   Founder and Executive Director of OrderPaper, Oke Epia, has emerged as the Most Influential...

Parliament Spotlight: Asuquo Ekpenyong Jnr | Youngest Senator-Elect, 10th NASS

Contrary to the expectations of many, youth representation in the 10th National Assembly may not be as impressive as predicted. In assessing the small wins from the elections, however, this edition of Parliament Spotlight is focused on the youngest Senator-Elect in the next political dispensation.   READ ALSO: 10TH NASS: Composition of the Nigerian Senate | Parties, Ex-Governors and Deputies   Thirty-seven-year-old Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr, is not a new name in Cross River Politics, at...

10th NASS: Why competence, capacity matter in Nigeria’s Speakership contest

With no fewer than eleven candidates eyeing the seat of Speaker in the Tenth House of Representatives, this opinion piece examines the merit of competence and capacity as key considerations in the imminent leadership recruitment process. By Abel Atanda   READ ALSO: 10TH NASS: Reps Minority Caucus working to produce House Leadership     Nigeria is Africa’s largest democracy and has remained so since its return to civil rule on 29th May 1999. This is especially...

OBITUARY: Ismaila Maihanci Yushau, the lawmaker-elect who took Taraba by storm

Victor on February 25, deceased by April 22; OrderPaper’s Ibrahim Gaddafi Tanko puts to pen the life and times of Honourable Ismaila Maihanci Yushau; the 36-year-old philanthropist and politician who took the Taraba polity by storm. Until his death, he was the lawmaker-elect for Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency of Taraba State in the incoming Tenth House of Representatives.       Born 36 years ago in the historic city of Jalingo, the Member-elect was born into...

EXCLUSIVE: Five things Senator-Elect, Ireti Kingibe said about her plans for FCT

Senator-elect Kingibe holds exclusive chat with OrderPaper Nigeria, assures residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of her readiness for quality representation through accessibility, SDG-centered projects, mass housing, agro-processing businesses, etc   READ ALSO: PROFILES: Meet the 7 ‘Obidient’ Senators-Elect in the Tenth National Assembly   “So there are a lot of things, and these things will take four years, if not more. But from the first year, you will start seeing and feeling the...

Constitutional Amendment: Open Letter to Senate President, Ahmad Lawan

Former Kwara Speaker and Professor of Legislative Studies writes Senate President Ahmad Lawan, urges Ninth National Assembly to initiate processes towards overturning President Buhari’s recent veto of vital constitutional amendment bills   READ ALSO: MVP Hall of Fame: 20 National Assembly Members make Semi-Final shortlist   Distinguished Senator Ahmed Lawan, Senate President and Chairman, 9th National Assembly, Abuja   Like Your Predecessors, Please Override This Veto   I am writing you this long letter to...