Nigeria, Oct. 31 -- The Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), Kamoru Ogunlana, has emphasised the place of character in helping to build the institutional integrity of the parliament.

Mr Ogunlana, who spoke at the opening ceremony of a three-day capacity training for staff of the National Assembly in Abuja on Tuesday, said competence alone, though critical to legislative professionalism, was not enough.

The training organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) is a series of capacity-building programmes for staff of the National Assembly aimed at enhancing professionalism, efficiency, and institutional performance within the legislature.

Represented at the occasion by the Deputy Clerk, Bashir Yero,...