Senate mulls transformation of NILDS into West African University

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The Senate Wednesday on the power of a invoice sponsored by its Deputy President , Senator Barau Jibrin ( Kano North), set equipment in movement , for transformation of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) into West African University.

The invoice titled : ” West African University of Legislative Studies ” was together with 4 different freshly drafted legislations handed for first studying .

Passage of West African University of Legislative Studies for first studying by the Senate got here 48 hours after the sponsor , Barau Jibrin declared that he would sponsor a invoice to that impact on the tenth Convocation Ceremony of the NILDS–University of Benin (UNIBEN) Postgraduate Programmes in Abuja on Monday .

Barau who represented the President of the Senate , Godswill Akpabio on the ceremony, disclosed that he had commenced discussions with the Director-General of NILDS, Professor Abubakar Sulaiman, on modalities for the proposed conversion of the institute right into a full-fledged college to be named because the West African University of Legislative Studies (WAULS).

He added that the proposed college would leverage NILDS’ present infrastructure and institutional capability to strengthen legislative follow, democratic governance, and regional integration.

According to him, the situation of the ECOWAS Parliament, ECOWAS Commission, and ECOWAS Court of Justice in Nigeria makes the nation strategically positioned to host a regional establishment devoted to legislative capability constructing and democratic improvement.

“The proposed university would provide a platform for legislators and other stakeholders across West Africa to acquire specialised knowledge and skills in legislative practice, democratic governance, and institutional development”, he harassed .