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POPULA: “Time for African parliaments to be more transparent”

      The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development has restated the need for a more transparent, accountable and people-oriented parliaments across the African continent. Director of Strategy at the Centre, Itia Otabor,  made the call on Thursday, in Abuja, at a Capacity Building Workshop for Media and Civil Society Partners on ‘Open Parliament Index (OPI),’ a project being implemented by the Nigerian Network of Parliamentary Monitoring Organisations. OrderPaper Advocacy Initiative, Nigeria’s preeminent...

Parliament Special: How justified is severance package for lawmakers?

With the tenure expiration of the Ninth National Assembly just about four months away, we examine the appropriation of N30.173 billion as severance package for the lawmakers and sundry provisions         Severance packages refer to pay and benefits given to employees who leave employment at an organisation unwilfully.  Typically, such packages are instituted to help protect the newly unemployed and are offered to employees who are laid off or retire. However, they...

Media Rights Agenda’s Office burgled, valuables worth millions of naira stolen

          Civil Society Organisation, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) on Monday announced today that its office in Lagos was burgled and ransacked over the weekend by a group of unidentified intruders who made away with nine laptop computers and other valuable equipment worth millions of naira. In a statement issued in Lagos, by the MRA’s Head of Legal Department, Ms. Obioma Okonkwo, she described the incident as a shocking and frightening attack...

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