Mr. Rawlins Agada has been appointed the Clerk to the Nigerian Senate.
Before his appointment, Agada, a native of Ortukpa in Ogbadibo LGA of Benue State was the Deputy Clerk to the Senate. Earlier he served as the Deputy Clerk to the House of Representatives.
Agada is a core legislative staff of the National Assembly with a lot of expertise in legislative drafting among many other competencies. He was the Director of Information of the National Assembly for several years.
Since joining the service of National Assembly, including representing Nigeria in the Permanent Secretariat Desk of the Pan African Parliament, South Africa; and was also prominent in the Legislative Business of both the regional Parliament and Interparliamentary Union, Geneva, Switzerland.
Mr. Agada was also President, Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, National Assembly.
In May 2019, he was appointed the Director, Information and Research, National Assembly, who saw to the digitization of proceedings in the Chambers; recalibration of the accreditation process for National Assembly Correspondents; inauguration of National Assembly New Media; amongst others.
On the 26th June, 2023, exactly 2 years ago, Mr. Agada was appointed Deputy Clerk (Admin) of the House of Representatives, and few months later, his service became sort-after in the Red Chamber, and he was redeployed as Deputy Clerk (Admin) of the Nigerian Senate, the position he held until his recent elevation as Deputy Clerk (Legislative) of the Senate.
And yesterday, the National Assembly Service Commission graciously, though meritoriously, appointed the Legislative Juggernaut, an astute Legislative technocrat and Profesional to the core, Mr. Rawlins Agada as the Clerk of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to continue to provide cognitive expertise and guidance to the Red Chamber, and by extension, the National Assembly.