Nov. 14, 2017. Federal National Council, UAE: Students from the Introduction to Political Sciences Class with Dr. Wided Dafri visited the FNC on giving students the opportunity to see how the legislative authority in UAE is administered.
The visit was divided into three stages; firstly to attend parliamentary sessions and see how deputies discussed the rules and voting process. During the second stage the students met with HE deputy Mrs. Naima Al-Sharhan (a member of the Education Committee in Parliament), who provided an overview of the Council and the role of the Deputies
Thanking the students for visiting she encouraged local students to be potential deputies in the future.
The final stage of the visit stage involved visiting the FNC Museum where the students were briefed on the history of FNC and were shown details of previous Presidents of the Council.
During the visit, the students saw the different gifts received from different parliaments in the Arab or non-Arab countries. Students were also shown examples of gifts that the FNC offers to others Councils.
Speaking about the visit Dr Wided said that it was fruitful and helped students widen their knowledge and aspirations.
One student “Abdulla Rashed AlKetbi”, said: “the visit encouraged me to study more and more to achieve a good GPA, and be one of the FNC employees.” Visiting students were very optimistic and expressed their desire to be members of FNC.
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