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Ideals for Development (MIDEV) in Africa has released a mid-term report of the
5th Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament with respect to the
activities and performance of the Nigerian delegation to ECOWAS.
MIDEV
is a non-governmental organization whose vision is to see a developed Africa “free
from the pangs of poverty and under-development”.
One
of its core responsibilities is to carry out independent studies and researches
on the conduct and activities of political office holders at every level in a
bid to determine their level of commitments to the yearnings and aspirations of
the electorates who voted them into power.
According to the report
which was sponsored by the National Assembly, the Nigerian delegation to the
ECOWAS Parliament is made of thirty-four legislators from both chambers of the
National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives). The criteria used were
classed under the following: Attendance to Plenary, Attendance to Committee
Meetings, Carriage/ Comportment, Contribution to debates at both Plenary and Committee
meetings and Access to collection of allowances. Each of the five criteria was
awarded 20 points.
The report concluded
that 20 parliamentarians who scored A and B are representing their country
effectively while the other 14 parliamentarians who performed poorly, are among
those that will come in and register their names without attending plenary or
any of the committee meetings.
Interestingly, the category
of parliamentarians who performed poorly, scored perfect 20 points in the
collection of their allowances!
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