 The Scottcat for the Ninth National Assembly long because for Senate and the House of Representatives has been unveiled at the National Assembly complex. The comprehensive report aims to establish who is a good and effective legislator using the sponsoring and processing of bills and motions by legislators as an evaluation matrix. This is the third edition of an independent performance appraisal of the Ninth National Assembly as it lends an avenue for discussing the performance of the legislature and legislators and bills. In his welcome address, the Executive Director, Okie Eppia, highlighted the reasons behind the yearly publication. As said before now, focus had always been on the executive but its organization has decided to shift attention to the legislature. What we have done this year is to why we are focusing on the base because when we receive feedback we say okay it is not about the base or the number of the base but it is about what is the impact of those base, what is the extent to which they impact the lives and living conditions of citizens. So we have been careful to use a matrix we call the VVIP to distill the data sets that you have before you shortly. In other words, we'll be looking at the base with respect to their volume, their value, their impact and their progression. While commenting the publications, federal lawmakers unanimously agreed that it will not serve as an agenda setting but will bring them to their toes. Making laws is just one of the functions of the legislature. Keeping the union going is a duty and that is done by motions, that is also done by oversight. Those are done by investigations, what are the discoveries of the assembly, what investigations have been carried through and what actions have the executive taken after the fact of investigation. These are ways to follow. Most of our constructions perhaps use a different parameter in assessing us. Use the stomach infrastructure, how much can you bring, how much can you dash, meaning that if you have enough money to dash out and you come here, see if there is nothing, you are a group of material. Others believe that it is time to enlighten Nigerians that legislators should not be judged by the numbers of weddings and burials they attend but under number of motions, bills and contributions made at plenary or at public hearings. It is also believed that the publication will help to hold lawmakers accountable to the constituents knowing that their performance are being assessed. Glancing through the invitation and the background that the executive director of other people has provided already clears the doubt in my mind and I believe it's time for the Nigerians that will receive this report. The institutionalization of this report, if widely circulated, will in no small measure motivate legislators to be responsive and accountable to the constituent and the Nigerian populace.