Elections are the cornerstone of democratic governance, serving as a platform for citizens to choose leaders who would represent their interests and formulate policies that foster national development. However, in ...

The quality and effectiveness of every legislation is largely dependent on the issuance of proper legislative drafting instruction by the instructor, proper understanding and analysis of this instruction by the drafter ...

The effectiveness of legislation relies in its capacity to communicate legislative intent clearly to stakeholders. However, certain legislative documents persist in using outdated drafting styles, leading to ambiguity in ...

The Nigerian National Assembly Service Commission was established through the enactment of the National Assembly Service Commission Act, 2014 (as amended) as a centralized parliamentary administrative agency designed ...

The topic of this dissertation was chosen because of the lack of understanding of the Nigerian Law Reform Commission (NLRC or the Commission) organizational structure, the Commissions relationship with the National Assembly; ...

The committee system is one of the important mechanisms through which legislatures perform their functions. Given the importance of the committee in the legislative process, this dissertation examines the effectiveness of ...

The literature on internal party democracy has paid attention to the politics of godfatherism in Nigeria and its negative effects on politics and administration, particularly bad governance and rising conflict across the ...

Women's representation in Nigeria’s parliament has been the lowest in the world, and perceived that unequal representation will linger as long as men are the "gatekeepers" of policy formulation. The study sought to identify ...

In Nigeria today, there is public outcry among citizens regarding lack of transparency in the activities of their representatives. Despite public outcry, much has not been done to address this problem. The objective of the ...

Regular and credible elections are the cornerstone of every democracy, as the absence of such processes threatens democratic stability. However, in many developing democracies, political actors often view elections as a ...

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 ...

Highlight of the study problem is on the strength of the fact that, there has been an established poor reading culture among Nigerian students. The big question is, has the advent of the internet improved reading culture ...

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 ...

This study was conceptualized to assess the effect of health policy in terms of implementation on the management of health emergencies in Nigeria using the COVID-19 pandemic as a test case. The following objectives were ...

The legislative-executive relationship is a fundamental pillar of democratic governance, particularly in presidential systems where the doctrine of separation of powers aims at ensuring institutional checks and balances. ...

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 ...

Oftentimes, Legislators as well as members of the public from within and outside the country request the National Assembly Official Report Department for Hansard of proceedings on Bills or Motions to follow debated issues ...

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 ...