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The Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District, Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, on Monday was inaugurated as Board Member of the 10th National Assembly Members of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) Governing Council, representing the South South geo-political zone.
The inauguration, marking the first NILDS Governing Council meeting held at the Institute’s state-of-the-art permanent site, was attended by the President of the Senate and Chairman of the Institution, His Excellency Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Alternate Chairman of the Governing Council and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, Ph.D alongside other members of the Council and Prof. Abubakar O. Suleiman, DG NILDS and Secretary to the Council.
During his remarks, Senator Jarigbe emphasized the need for the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) to continue to strengthen the National Assembly and other legislative institutions in Nigeria.
According to him, NILDS is the research and academic arm of the National Assembly, which offers certificates, diplomas, degrees, and post-graduate degrees in various programmes in affiliation with some universities hence, deserves utmost attention and priority which the Council will offer the institution.
The 17- member board of the Institute has the President of the Senate as Chairman, Speaker of the House of Representatives as Alternate Chairman and the Director General of the Institution as Secretary of the Board.
