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 Senate Directorate performed very crucial role in the legislative process of the National Assembly. As a result, the researcher undertook the study on “Bureaucracy and Service Delivery in Senate Directory of the National ...

The topic of this dissertation was chosen because of the frequent abuse of subsidiary powers by the executive arm of government in the making of subsidiary legislation. The research problem was focused on the challenges ...

This study examined Civil-Military Relations in Nigeria within the context of the phenomenon of parliamentary oversight of the Military within the fortress of the eight (8th) Assembly of the Fourth republic. The study ...

The Legislature is one of the key arms of Government that is saddled with the responsibility of making law and ensuring good governance. One of the strategies the Legislature adopts to achieve its objective is the committee ...

This study was one of the aspects of law that is had relatively few literature. This was a problem for the researcher and this made it difficult for many researchers and drafters to have uniform standards on legislative ...

Broadly, this study assessed the influence of constituency office management in ensuring effective legislative representation in Abakaliki/Izzi Federal Constituency. The work inquired on the extent of utilization of ...

In Nigeria’s current electioneering process, Information Communication Technology (ICT) has taken the centre stage in the conducts of elections. Hence, this study examined the effects of ICT on the 2015 and 2019 Presidential ...

This study examines the Effects of Activities of the 8th Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs on an Enhanced Legislative Service Delivery of the National Assembly Senate with a view to finding out the relationship ...

Intra-party conflicts within the political parties in Nigeria has been an issue for a long time and thus, has been a major issue to deal with during the Fourth Republic due in part to the lack of internal democracy in the ...

This study examined the effects of some selected legislations on good governance in Nigerial focusing on the 8th National Assembly. However despite numerous laws passed since the commencement of the 8th Assembly, Nigeria ...