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.
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NILDS as the backbone of the legislative arm of government
The legislative arm of government is a very important institution of government that is pivotal to the success of any democratic order; ...Read More
NILDS AND JOHNS HOPKINS BEGIN TALKS ON COLLABORATION ON DEMOCRATIC CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
The National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS and Johns Hopkins University have opened talks on the feasibility of ...Read More
The role of NILDS in nation-building
Democracy has been defined as a government of the people, for the people and by the people; it is a system of government that predicated...Read More
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