MY 2016 Legislative Scorecard

My Legislative scorecard

How does one score a Senate?

By bills passed into law?
By quality of oversight?
By level of engagement?
By transparency and openness?

Its really all of the above

1. Bills passed: 11 Bills passed out of 300 received thats like 3.6%....poor...however number of bills is not the issue...quality of bills is.

We still have no PIB or amended Railway Bill which are critically important to Nigeria..we saw a so called "social media" bill introduced. . (and killed)....Womens equality bill also killed...

On this score Senate score is abysmally low, i score them an E

2. Quality of oversight...The 2016 budget was a mess, in the final days, the Senate did not cover herself with glory....well TSA template was "reviewed" based on Senate "queries"....Fixed Charge on power also reviewed based on Senate queries i also like the "noise" about Made in Nigeria products . ..but where is the robust oversight on the economic crisis, Herdsmen? Rule of Law?....even quality of care in IDPs. Senate scores D for effort.

3. Level of Engagement : much much better....The Senate President responds to tweets, more Senators are tweeting and interacting, and making themselves available for constutive criticisms ....this can be better...Senate scores C for effort

4. Transparency and Openness. .lets not waste time. ..Senate scores F....Senate promised to publish details of their budget ......they have not done so..

In a personal note, a bit dissapointed no woman is in the leadership of the Senate. .. (no i don't mean Women leader )