There is a very huge difference between good politics by a legislator and good performance as a legislator. Ironically, the measure of performance of a lawmaker has been judged with the wrong parameters over the years, which I consider a fundamental defect in our national discourse. The basic functions of lawmakers should form the parameters...

Udora Orizu highlights the appraisals by parliamentary monitoring organisation, OrderPaper Nigeria, and the need for the next leadership of the parliament to be based on lawmakers’ competence and capacity in legislative business. With about 50 days to the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, the race for the next leadership of both chambers is getting more...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr.Femi Gbajabiamila, and 19 other Lawmakers have been shortlisted for the first-ever Most Valuable Parliamentarian Hall of Fame awards organised by OrderPaper Nigeria. Others are: Benjamin Kalu. Samuel Ifeanyi Onuigbo; Ezenwa Francis Onyewuchi; Senator Ovie Augustine Omo-Agege; Uba Sani; Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe; Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed; Mohammed Sani Musa;...

A Civil Society Organisation, OrderPaper Nigeria and its partners have announced the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and 18 other members of the Ninth National Assembly as Semi-Finalists for the country’s first-ever Most Valuable Parliamentarian (MVP) Hall of Fame. In a statement at the weekend, the Executive...

OrderPaper Nigeria’s premier and pre-eminent policy think tank has identified the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila and 19 others as the best-performing lawmakers in the outgoing 9th Assembly. The top performing lawmakers includes the deputy Senate President Ovie Omo -Agege, Senators Sani Musa, and Opeyemi Bamidele and the spokesperson of the...