It is no doubt that ECOWAS Parliament is central to any meaningful regional integration and good governance agenda in the ECOWAS subregion. As a result, this study assessed the roles of the Fourth ECOWAS Parliament in ...

The study was undertaken to evaluate how legislative coalitions can act as catalysts in sustainable national development to improve outcomes of public sector operations, particularly access to affordable, quality ...

This study investigated the level of openness in the 8th National Assembly, the level of public participation, challenges of the Nigerian 8th National Assembly and recommended practicable solutions to the challenges ...

The National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is widely perceived by the public to be inept in the area of legislative oversight. This study understand the basis for this reputation, by identifying the problems ...

Legislative oversight and executive accountability are implicational-related concepts so much that the presence of one means a presence of the other and vice versa. Hence, an examination of the performance of oversight ...

Numerous laws and regulations have been enacted by the Nigeria legislators for the operations of the telecommunication industries, in spite of these laws and regulations recent periods have beheld several reckless misconducts ...

In the modern-day constitutional democracy, (ideal situations) effective and efficient legislative oversight functions ensure executive compliance with legislative intent, improves, efficiency and effectiveness in conduct ...

This study “The Legislature and the Budget Process: A Case Study of Borno State House of Assembly”, was designed to assess the impact of the role of Borno State House of Assembly in the budget process. Thus, while the ...

This study “Nigeria’s Federalism and the Implementation of the Child Rights Act 2003”, examined the burden of federalism imperatives on the implementation of the Child Rights Act 2003. The objectives of the study were to, ...

This study examined public hearing and citizens participation in law making in Nigeria with reference to the activities of the Senate committee on Judiciary, Human rights and Legal matters in the 8th National Assembly. ...

This study examines the perception/image problem of the National Assembly and the high turnover rate of legislators which has been a worrisome issue for the legislature in the Fourth Republic. (1999-2019). Turnover is the ...

While studies on legislative resource competence agree that a positive relationship exists between resource competence and legislative effectiveness, that is, that legislatures are more effective when adequately resourced; ...

This research sought to examine the accountability works of Civil Society Organizations in strengthening the budget process in the National Assembly in Nigeria and to identify the varying factors militating against the ...

The objective of this study is to examine the role of the ECOWAS Parliament in combating insecurity within the sub-region and ascertain factors militating against the effective role of the ECOWAS Parliament in combating ...

The study was designed to investigate the role of legislative committees in enhancing effective legislative performance in Nigeria, focusing on the House of Representatives. The objectives of the study were to; identify ...

This study was designed to examine the characteristics of political parties that could be conducive to women legislative representation in Nigeria’s National Assembly from 1999 to 2019. The objectives of the study were to: ...

Countries of the world including the industrialised economies, such as United State of America, Germany etc. have sought to come under one form of regional integration or the other, the goal is to achieve regional economic ...

Globally, the elected Members of the Parliament (MPs) who must ensure that they function in an internally democratic manner and have the necessary authority and resources to carry out their basic functions of legislation, ...

Constituency projects scheme is an integral part of democratic system existing both in advanced and emerging democracies. It is the view of many scholars that legislative operations should include constituency project ...

The study designed to investigate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of Yobe State House of Assembly Committee on Social Development and Women Affairs, identified the functions of the Committee on Social ...