LEGISLATIVE TURNOVER AND LAWMAKING EFFECTIVENESS IN KOGI STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, 1999-2015

Asimiyu Olalekan MURANA (), Abdulrauf Ambali and Adebola Rafiu BAKARE ()
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Asimiyu Olalekan MURANA: Department of Politics and Governance, Postal: Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria,, https://fssunilorinedu.org/ijbss/index.php
Abdulrauf Ambali: Department of Politics and Governance, Postal: Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria, https://fssunilorinedu.org/ijbss/index.php
Adebola Rafiu BAKARE: Department of Political Science, Postal: University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria,, https://fssunilorinedu.org/ijbss/index.php

Ilorin Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 2017, vol. 19, issue 1, 87-105

Abstract: The need to investigate the problem of high legislative turnover that has become a recurring feature of state parliaments in Nigeria necessitates this study. Thus, the paper examines membership turnover and its implications on law-making function in one of Nigerian State Assemblies, Kogi State House of Assembly, between 1999 and 2015. Data for the study were generated from primary and secondary sources. Content analysis and descriptive statistics (simple percentage) were employed to analyse the data. The study reveals that high membership turnover rates have negative effect on the performance of primary responsibility (law-making) of the legislature. The paper recommends that measures must be taken with an expected outcome of increasing the re-election rates of legislators to at least 50 per cent in order to retain institutional memory and capacity in Nigerian legislatures. The study also submits that quality of representation and legislative Legislative Turnover and Lawmaking Effectiveness in Kogi State House of Assembly, 1999-2015 performance generally will improve if elections are based on transparent objective standards and if nominations of candidates are based on good performance and accountability rather than politics of patronage.

Keywords: Legislature; lawmaking; membership turnover; performance; Nigeria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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