Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is vital to achieving Sustainable Development Goals. It ensures that everyone has access to quality healthcare without financial hardship. Though the reliance on public health expenditure ...

A brewing debate that has been going on in current national discourse regards who the subjects of campaign finance laws are between political parties, candidates and aspirants of elections throws up the question regarding ...

Despite the importance of education to human capital development and national development, particularly, providing skilled manpower to a Nation, improve life’s choices and the quality of living, the Education in Nigeria ...

This study assessed the performance of the 7th and 8th Senate Committees on Niger Delta Affairs focusing primarily on its oversight function. The specific objectives of the study were to assess the extent of the performance ...

Ascertaining the working relationship between Civil Society Organizations and the Legislature at the federal level is the focus of this study. While several studies have examined the partnership between CSOs and other ...

The study examined the extent to which the Senate Committee on Defence carried out its oversight function from 2015 to 2019. It also assessed the performance of the oversight function by the Senate Committee on Defence in ...

This research assessed the performance of the National Assembly Service Commission, with specific objectives to examine the mandate of the Commission in terms of recruitment, promotion and discipline, assessed its performance ...

This study assessed Nigeria’s trade performance during the respective African, Caribbean, Pacific, and European Union (ACP-EU) partnership agreements (Lomé Convention and Cotonou partnership agreement) because of their ...

Parliamentary Budget Scrutiny has been a burning issue since the advent of the fourth Republic in 1999. Several reasons have been adduced for poor performance of the Committee on Appropriation that are saddled with the ...

Parliamentary bureaucracy provides the personnel that supports the activities of the legislature as well as the administrative back-up for the execution of legislative functions. This Study assessed the effectiveness of ...

The use of the Mace in the National Assembly was faced with challenges due to inadequate protection which led to Mace snatching and consequently, brought parliamentary proceedings to a sudden halt. The snatching of the ...

The Legislature, as the bastion of democracy, remains the distinguishing feature between autocratic and democratic administrations. Therefore, to add to the growing literature on legislative leadership, this study assessed ...

Given the controversies that had trailed the issue of constituency project in terms of its constitutionality, legality, and mechanism for delivering democratic dividends to the people, this research seeks to assess the ...

The study assessed the impact of direct primaries on the internal democracy of political parties in Nigeria. The broader objectives of the study were to assess the impact of direct primaries on the internal democracy of ...

The budget is the most crucial instrument for economic management and the vehicle for achieving government’s public policy goals. It is an important governance issue which has very negative effects on administration when ...

This research work was designed to assess the performance of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in curbing corruption in Nigeria. The major objectives of the study include; to examine the compliance of legal and constitutional ...

The study was designed to examine the extent of the effects of the role of the 8th National Assembly in strengthening Nigeria’s democracy. Therefore, it sought to; identify the roles of the legislature in a democracy, ...

Parliament has a statutory responsibility to make contributions to electoral reforms in all political systems. Following, this study examined legislative efforts aimed at facilitating electoral reforms in Nigeria between ...

The impact of pre-election matters in the democratic process in Nigeria cannot be ignored considering the fact that it has distorted the electioneering process in Nigeria in many instances. Pre-election matters usually ...