The Nigerian National Assembly

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fashagba, Joseph Yinka (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ajayi, Ola-Rotimi Matthew (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Nwankwor, Chiedo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development,
• Subjects: Africa-Politics and government.; Democracy.; Legislative bodies.; African Politics.; Legislative and Executive Politics.

This book examines the role of the legislature in the democratic governance of Nigeria. Once one of the foremost political institutions of governance established in the early days of Colonial administration in Nigeria, the legislature has had an inconsistent role since statehood, subject to repeat d...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Exploring the Nigerian Legislature
• Chapter 2: The Legislature and Lawmaking in Nigeria
• Chapter 3: Legislative Oversight in the Nigerian Fourth Republic
• Chapter 4: Constituency-Legislators Relations in Nigeria, 1999-2016
• Chapter 5: Executive-Legislature Relations: Evidence from Nigeria's Fourth
• Chapter 6: Inter-Chamber Relations in Nigeria's Fourth Republic
• Chapter 7: Appraisal of the Committee System in Nigeria's National Assembly, 1999-2016
• Chapter 8: The Nigerian House of Representatives
• Chapter 9: State Leadership from 1999-2016
• Chapter 10: Gender Representation in Nigerian National Assembly.