The Challenges of Legislative-Executive Frictions over Institutional Powers in Nigeria

Dhikru Adewale Yagboyaju, Ebenezer O. Oni and Olumuyiwa T. Faluyi
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Dhikru Adewale Yagboyaju: University of Ibadan
Ebenezer O. Oni: Crescent University Abeokuta
Olumuyiwa T. Faluyi: University of KwaZulu-Natal

A chapter in Perspectives on the Legislature and the Prospects of Accountability in Nigeria and South Africa, 2019, pp 143-158 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The legislative and executive arms of government are strong pillars of democracy. However, under military rule, the executive and the judicial arms remained permanent features while the military leaders proscribe the legislature. The governing body assumed the legislative functions in addition to the executive responsibilities. Thus, the existence of the legislature is one of the stimulants that make democracy to be a representative government. From independence on October 1, 1960, to January 15, 1966, when the military seized power, Nigeria experimented, a parliamentary political structure designed after the British Westminster system. The leader of the party with the highest number of seats in the parliament became the Prime Minister while his Ministers were also members of the parliament.

Keywords: Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC); Legislative Arm; Impeachment Process; Appropriations Bill; People ’s Redemption Party (PRP) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-93509-6_8

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