National Assembly and Legislative Effectiveness in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic

This book evaluates the legislative effectiveness of Nigeria’s National Assembly under the Fourth Republic. The assessment covers five Assemblies (4th–8th) and focuses specifically on lawmaking, cost of running the National Assembly, and the budget making process. It empirically assesses the effecti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: BAKARE, Adebola Rafiu
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter One: Concept, Origin and Significance of Legislature in Democratic Governance
  • Chapter Two: Historical Development and the Institutional Framework of the Nigerian National Assembly
  • Chapter Three: Legislative Powers and Lawmaking Process in the Nigerian National Assembly
  • Chapter Four: Legislative Effectiveness: A Discourse on Measuring Toolkits, Benchmarks and Indicators
  • Chapter Five: Measuring Legislative Effectiveness in the Nigerian National Assembly: The Birth of ILES Model
  • Chapter Six: Comparative Analysis of Legislative Effectiveness of the 4th - 8th National Assemblies
  • Chapter Seven: Assessing the Legislative Effectiveness of the National Assembly: The ILES Model Approach
  • Chapter Eight: Interpreting the Lawmaking Performance and Determinants of Legislative Effectiveness of the National Assembly
  • Chapter Nine: Legislative Impact on the People and the Challenges facing the National Assembly
  • Chapter Ten: Budgetary Process and other major Issues that have affected the National Assembly in the Fourth Republic
  • Chapter Eleven: Interrogating Membership Distribution and the Cost of Running the National Assembly
  • Chapter Twelve: Towards Reforming the National Assembly: A Discourse of Issues, Constraints and Way-Forward