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10TH NASS: Senator-elect kicks against zoning and external interference in electing Presiding Officers

As the race for leadership of the 10th Assembly heats up, Kano South Senatorial District Senator-elect has cautioned the APC of its zoning plan, stressing that sacrosanct provisions guiding the election processes of selecting Presiding Officers must not be tampered with.  READ ALSO: 9th NASS: OrderPaper inducts five lawmakers into MVP Hall of Fame Suleiman Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila As Lawmakers continue to jostle for positions as Presiding Officers in the 10th National Assembly, Senator-Elect, Suleiman...

OrderPaper rewards 18 NASS Members for valuable contributions in lawmaking

Appraising the core duty of lawmaking, OrderPaper rewards eighteen performing members of outgoing Ninth National Assembly for making it to the Semifinals of the country’s first-ever Most Valuable Parliamentarian Hall of Fame   READ ALSO: OrderPaper hosts Night of Glamour in honour of performing NASS members     Eighteen members of the outgoing Ninth National Assembly have received Certificates of Recognition for their valuable contributions in the core legislative function of lawmaking over the last...

9th NASS: OrderPaper inducts five lawmakers into MVP Hall of Fame

The inductees who emerged as finalists after a rigorous selection process overseen by an MVP Panel of Experts (MPEs), which started with the nomination of fifty-five federal lawmakers as of midterm (June 2022) of the Ninth National Assembly were presented with plaques at a well-attended ceremony     READ ALSO: OrderPaper hosts Night of Glamour in honour of performing NASS members       As the tenure of the Ninth National Assembly slowly grinds to...

OrderPaper hosts Night of Glamour in honour of performing NASS members

Nigeria’s foremost independent parliamentary monitoring organisation, OrderPaper hosts twenty-three performing members of the outgoing Ninth National Assembly at Night of Glamour, inducts five federal lawmakers into country’s first-ever Most Valuable Parliamentarian Hall of Fame   READ ALSO: OrderPaper rewards 18 NASS Members for valuable contributions in lawmaking     The much anticipated ‘Night of Glamour’ heralding the induction of the best-performing lawmakers in the 469-member Ninth National Assembly into Nigeria’s first-ever Most Valuable Parliamentarian Hall...

Oke Epia: The Ninth National Assembly and the Buhari Years

Oke Epia is the Founder of OrderPaper, Nigeria’s foremost independent parliamentary monitoring organisation and policy think tank that bridges the gap between people and parliament.       An assessment of the Buhari presidency and the national assembly must necessarily be viewed from two lenses. One is the character and personality of the president himself. The other is the bifurcated fractious power play co-located within the presidency itself and the outlying centrifugal forces battling for...

MVP Hall of Fame: Na’Ábba endorses initiative as Saraki headlines guest list 

OrderPaper to unveil ‘Best of the Best Legislators’ in Ninth National Assembly at Night of Glamour in Abuja. Deserving finalists to be inducted into Most Valuable Parliamentarian (MVPs) Hall of Fame    READ ALSO: #FixPolitics: “MVP Hall of Fame will compel healthy rivalry among lawmakers”       President of the Senate in the 8th Assembly, Senator Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the 4th House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ghali Na’Ábba have associated with the...

Wayas: Bill to cater for welfare of Ex-Legislators scales second reading

As provided in the bill, sources of funding for the programme shall include one percent of surcharge of all salaries and allowances of all elected members of the National Assembly.     The Senate has passed, for second reading, a Bill for an Act to Establish a Parliamentary Welfare Programme for former legislators. The Bill, which was passed on Wednesday, seeks to promote and recover former legislators and cater for their welfare. Sponsor of the...

NDDC: “Probe unauthorised 2021, 2022 expenditure” – Senate to Adhoc C’ttee

Senate constituted Adhoc Committee to investigate and report back in one week; the financial activities of NDDC in 2021 and 2022      READ ALSO: Counterpart Funding: Reps mandate NDDC to halt release of N15bn to FG   \\ The Senate, on Tuesday, suspended consideration of the report of the 2023 budget estimates for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This is as it set up an Ad-hoc Committee to Investigate the Unauthorised Budget Expenditure...

NDIC Board receives Senate’s Approval, confirms Mobolaji as Chairman

Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for the Senate’s confirmation of his nominees as Members of the NDIC Governing Board, the lawmakers approved the appointment of Dr Abdul Hakeem Mobolaji as Chairman on Tuesday.        The Senate has confirmed the nominations of Hon. Dr Abdul Hakeem Mobolaji and six others for appointment as Chairman and members of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), respectively. The confirmation follows the presentation of...

ROAD TO 10TH NASS: APC shuns Senator Kalu, Wase in zoning arrangement

Governing All Progressives Congress throws weight behind the candidacies of former Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio and Kaduna lawmaker, Hon. Tajudeen Abass as Presiding Officers of Tenth Senate and House of Representatives, respectively   READ ALSO: Parliament Special: Nigeria’s 10th National Assembly and the ghost of 2015   Following weeks of speculations and consultations, the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced its power-sharing arrangement and choice of candidates ahead of the...