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Parliamentary Oversight of the Budget
(2013-11-05)The presentation discussed what a budget is, the objectives of budgeting, the budgeting process, and the stakeholders. It also addresses the asymmetry of information, the budget cycle and accountability. -
Parliamentary Representation: A Core Function
(NILS, 2013-11-04)The presentation discussed Parliaments in Society, classical notions of Representation, citizens, Constituencies and Infrastructure of Outreach. It also discussed stakeholders, Responsiveness, and Social Accountability ... -
Performance of Oversight Functions by the Public Accounts Committees of the National Assembly: An Assessment of the 8th House of Representatives
(NILDS-Department of Studies, 2021-06)Legislative oversight as one of the core functions of the National Assembly is programmed to check waste, inefficiency, ineffectiveness, corruption and mismanagement of public resources in governance, thus, necessitating ... -
Personality and Legislative Stability in Nigeria’s 6th and 7th National Assembly
(Hyuku Journal of Pol. & Dev. Studies, 2019-01)This paper interrogates the influence of leadership personality on legislative stability in Nigeria’s National Assembly from 2007 to 2015. The study deployed descriptive research design in analysing the personality of ... -
Pervasive Insecurity and the Challenges Facing the 2023 Elections in Nigeria
(NILDS-Department of Democracy and Governance, 2022)As Nigerians look forward to the general elections in 2023, there is growing concern that the nation’s pervasive insecurity condition could offer a significant barrier, if not an obstruction, to those elections. This is ... -
The Place of Non-Workers in the Nigerian Labour Equation: Addressing the Lacuna
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2020-06)The legal framework governing the offer, acceptance, and performance of employment in Nigeria consists of a number of statutes. The most pivotal of these legislations, arguably, is the Labour Act, which covers the fine ...