Nigerian Presidentialism and Legislative Decadence in the Fourth Republic, 2015–2021

Solomon A. Adedire
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Solomon A. Adedire: Osun State University

A chapter in The Legislature in Nigeria’s Presidential Democracy of the Fourth Republic, 2023, pp 183-197 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The Nigerian presidential constitution empowers the legislative arm of government with four cardinal functions: law-making, representation, oversight, and budgeting. The study discusses the ineffectiveness of the legislative houses in discharging their constitutional assigned roles in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, 2015–2021. Data for the study was collected from secondary sources and the data was analyzed qualitatively. The study argues that legislature at both the federal and state levels was controlled and manipulated by civilian leaders. Also, the study observes that certain factors like subjugation of the legislature by the executive, self-centeredness of the legislators, commercialization of the law-making process, and high leadership turnover in the legislative chambers amongst others are responsible for the weak institution of the legislative houses. The study, therefore, recommends transparency and accountability of the legislative houses, financial autonomy of the legislature, strengthening of oversight functions, and autonomy of the standing committees as means of strengthening the legislature and making federalism an ideal one.

Keywords: Accountability; Legislative arm; Ineffectiveness; Oversight; Fourth Republic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-24695-1_13

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