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Public petitions: case studies from Nigeria
Summary
10.00-11.00 (Geneva, CEST)
This Public Engagement Hub seminar, jointly organised by the IPU and IPEN, will focus on public petitions. Through an in-conversation format, it will address the processes and challenges arising from petitions submitted to the lower chamber of Nigeria’s national legislature.
We will hear from Hon Uzoma Nkem-Abonta, a four-term member of the House of Representatives (2007–2023), and chair of the House Standing Committee on Public Petitions (2015–2019) about efforts made by his team to enhance and institutionalise public petitions in the context of Nigeria’s emerging legislature. Hon Nkem-Abonta will highlight the challenges in the process and how they worked with civil society, in particular, towards strengthening the process.
From a civil society perspective, we will also hear from an important voice in Nigeria’s civic space, Oke Epia, about initiatives to promote public engagement with parliament through the instrumentality of the petitions process.
Language(s): English, French, Spanish
This webinar is jointly organised by the IPU and the International Parliament Engagement Network (IPEN).
The event is part of the series of webinars hosted by the Public engagement hub in IPU’s Centre for Innovation in Parliament in follow-up to the 2022 IPU-UNDP Global Parliamentary Report on Public engagement in the work of parliament.
For more information, please contact [email protected].
Find out how to join the International Parliament Engagement Network: ipen-network.org.
To engage with participants before and after the event, join the Public engagement LinkedIn page.
Speakers: Hon Uzoma Nkem-Abonta (Chair, Nigerian House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions, 2015–2019); Oke Epia (Founder and Executive Director of OrderPaper, Nigeria)