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Engagement Ladder

Understand the five levels of citizen engagement in the legislative process. Click each level to learn more about how you can participate.

The Engagement Ladder illustrates progressive levels of citizen involvement in legislative processes. Moving up the ladder requires increasing commitments from both citizens and representatives, offering greater public impact and democratic legitimacy.

1

Inform

Citizens as Recipients

2

Consult

Citizens as Advisors

3

Involve

Citizens as Contributors

4

Collaborate

Citizens as Partners

5

Empower

Citizens as Decision-Makers

Moving Up the Ladder

The most effective citizen engagement strategies employ multiple rungs of the ladder to create diverse opportunities for participation. Within Nigeria's evolving democracy, engagement practices continue to develop as the House of Representatives and citizens discover more effective ways to work together in shaping the nation's laws and policies.