SaharaReporters on
Wednesday on Twitter and Facebook published the telephone numbers of
Nigeria’s federal lawmakers as part of its ongoing efforts to enhance
transparency and open government in the country.
The list, which is still being
updated, contains the numbers of most members of the 109-member Senate and the
House of Representatives, is already generating a lot of interest from
constituents who have begun to interact with their representatives by phone and
text messages. Many of them are also including the legislators on such
social media platforms as WhatsApp and Snapchat in a way that could help
promote transparency in government, as constituents hold their elected
representatives accountable for their actions or lack of them.