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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
Deputy Spokesperson of the House of Representatives Philip Agbese and three other Nigerian lawmakers have been inaugurated as Members of the Pan-African Parliament.
Those inaugurated alongside Agbese, at the Extraordinary Session of the Sixth Parliament in Midrand, South Africa,
Senator Saliu Mustapha, Lilian Orogbu and Mukhtar Zakari Chawai.
The ceremony, which was officiated by Lucia Dos Passos, the PAP’s Acting President followed elections in several African Union member states and rotation within delegations.
Other new members hail from Benin, the Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Eswatini, Ghana, Lesotho, Mauritania, the Saharawi Arab Republic, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
Also known as the African Parliament, the PAP was set up to ensure the full participation of Africans in the economic development and integration of the continent.
Comprising of five representatives from member states, the goal is to share ideas on how to solve problems and challenges facing the continent.
The Parliament has up to 275 members representing the 55 AU nations that have ratified the Protocol establishing it, including at least one woman, and representing the diversity of political opinions in their own national parliament or deliberative organ.
