Nigeria, Aug. 22 -- The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, have emerged as the most productive lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives, according to a new digital accountability tool that tracked the performance of all 469 members of the National Assembly during its first year in session.

The ranking is contained in the First Session of the 10th National Assembly Deliberative Barometer and Policy Focus Productivity Report (NASS-DBPFR), unveiled in Abuja by the Erudite Growth and Advancement Foundation (ERGAF-Africa).

The report, covering June 2023 to June 2024, is the first of its kind to use data-driven analysis to evaluate how lawmakers perform in plenary...