Senator Barau’s Bill to Transform NILDS into West African University Scales First Reading in Senate
Forty-eight hours after announcing his intention to sponsor a bill to transform the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) into a full-fledged university serving Nigeria and the West African sub-region, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, has taken the first legislative step towards actualising the proposal. The bill, titled…