About NILDS
One of the world's premier academic and research institutions, NILDS supports the sustenance of dynamic and effective Legislature in Nigeria (at Federal, State and Local level), and the ECOWAS sub-region
The National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) is an organ of the National Assembly established by an Act of Parliament. President Goodluck Jonathan signed into law the National Institute for Legislative Studies Act 2011 on March 2nd 2011 following the passage of the same by the Senate and the House of Representatives
In 2016, the Institute’s Governing Council approved the establishment of new department of Democratic Studies as well as a Department for Post Graduate Studies. On January 26th, 2018, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the National Institute for Legislative Studies (Amendment) Act, 2017. This expansion will enable the Institute to provide capacity development services to democratic Institutions and governance in Nigeria.
NILDS Repositories
Latest News

NILDS Conducts Promotion Exams for NASS, NASC Staff
The National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS, in conjunction with National Assembly Service Commission, NASC has con...Read More

NILDS Calls For Better Trained Bureaucratic Operatives in the Legislature
The Director General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS, Prof. Abubakar O. Sulaiman has posited that...Read More

NILDS Tasks Abia Assembly on Financial Autonomy
National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) has admonished Abia State House of Assembly to brace up for demands of f...Read More