Browsing Conference and Workshops by Title
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AMENDING LEGISLATION
(2012-07-18)This training paper discusses the issue of amending legislation. It looked at the issues of an amendment, repeal, re-enact, repealing and re-enactment, as well as repealing and replacement. -
Appropriation Laws, Enforcement and the Challenges of Oversight Function of the Legislature under the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
(2012-07-16)The presentation describes the legislature and the various roles assigned to the body. It also highlighted the role of the Nigerian Legislature in the Budget Process under the 1999 Constitution, issues and Challenges in ... -
Benchmarking Parliamentary Performance
(NILDS, 2013-11-08)The paper focused on benchmarking parliamentary performance, reasons for using Benchmarks/Self Assessment Toolkits and the difficulties that may be encountered. It also dwelled on the development of systems of Benchmarking, ... -
Best Practices and Modern Approaches in Legislative Drafting
(2014-11-24)The presentation highlighted what Legislative Drafting is and why legislative drafters and legislative drafting are important. It also discussed what is wrong with the current legislative drafting practice in Nigeria, why ... -
BILL DRAFTING AND ANALYSIS
(2014-01-19)This paper discusses the meaning of Legislative Drafting, Pre- drafting activities, Stages of the Drafting Process, Attributes of a Good Legislative Drafts-person, as well as types of Legislative Enactments. -
The Budget Cycle-Preparation, Enactment, Implementation and Audit
(2014-12-01)The presentation gave an overview of the National Budget and discussed the various stages of the budget (Formulation, Legislative appraisal/ authorization, budget execution and accountability) -
BUDGET PROCESS IN NIGERIA: THE ROLE OF LEGISLATURE
(NILDS, 2013-05-01)The presentation discusses the budget and the budget process, highlighting the roles of the MDAs and the Parliament in the budget process. -
THE BUDGET PROCESS IN PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS (ANGLOPHONE EXPERIENCE
(2014-12-01)The paper discusses the intricacies of both Presidential and Parliamentary systems of budgeting. It also distinguishes between the two and analyses the advantages of one over the other. -
Committee Annual Report format
(2013-02-11)The paper discusses the structure of committee reports, types of committee report as well as the executive summary. -
Communique Issued at the End of the Retreat of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Held Between 24th and 28th June, 2012 at the Le-Meridian Ibom Hotel & Golf Resort, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
(2012-06-28)Communique Issued at the End of the Retreat of the Senate of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria Held Between 24th And 28th June, 2012 At The Le-Meridian Ibom Hotel & Golf Resort, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State -
Conservation and Preservation of e-Resources
(NILDS, 2015-03-03)The presentation focused on electronic resources as a part of the library resources. It discussed the nature of E-resources and ways to conserve and preserve them for effective use. -
Constitutional Powers of the Legislature and Legislative-Executive Relations
(2013-03-24)The presentation discusses the powers of the legislature under the 1999 constitution. -
Core Function of the Legislature: Legislation
(NILDS, 2013-11-05)The presentation discusses Legislation as the core function of the Legislature. It focused on the need for lawmaking, factors that determine the performance of the Legislature in Lawmaking, challenges encountered by the ... -
Crowd Control
(2012-06-01)The presentation bothers on crowd control as it concerns the offices and personal security of the Senate President, the Speaker, the Deputy Senate President and the deputy speaker. It discusses measures to be activated by ... -
CRS and CBO: Dividing Labor for common practice
(NILDS, 2013-11-06)This presentation discussed the congressional research service (CRS) and the congressional budget office (CBO), tracing their histories and mandates. It also highlighted the similarities and differences between the two bodies. -
Democracy, Accountability , and Parliament
(NILDS, 2013-11-08)The paper focused on the issues of democracy, the parliament and how oversight ensures accountability. -
Digital Tools for Effective Communication
(2015-01-20)Learning how to manage Digital Networks to communicate your message to legislators, committees, officials, constituents, community groups increases your efficiency. Software Programs organize and translate digital information ... -
Digitization of Archival Records: Processes and Procedures
(2015-03-14)The presentation discusses the issues of digitization of the archival records, the justifications for the digitization, as well as the guidelines for the digitization of archival materials. -
Effective Leadership in the Legislature
(NILDS, 2013-11-04)The paper discussed the concept of leadership, leadership structure in the Nigeria legislature and the ECOWAS parliament, factors determining leadership in the Legislature, as well as the qualities for effective leadership ...