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The Legislature and Legislative Practices in Anambra State: Scorecard of Performance of Anambra State House of Assembly 2003 - 2015

dc.contributor.authorNwanegbo, C. Jaja
dc.contributor.authorUdoh, Pius O.
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T12:05:46Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T12:05:46Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.nilds.gov.ng/handle/123456789/705
dc.description.abstractThis paper tries to establish the state of functionality of Anambra State House of Assembly as a Legislative organ of government in the State. Its assessment is based on the common practices of the legislature, isolating the two functional responsibilities of law making and oversight. It anchors its analysis, with the aid of „General Role Theory‟, on data from parliamentary activities (Bills and oversight reports) of Anambra State House of Assembly (2003–2015) generated from the House. The paper find that there was dominance of the position of the executive on the activities of the House, and that the record of bills (presented, passed or not passed) had little to show inputs from the constituents, civil society groups and professional bodies. It was also found that the legislative processes were constantly perverted to satisfy the demands of the executive. The paper further finds that the oversight functions were made rather „routinistic‟, using only the Standing Committees of the House and does not appear to have made reasonable positive impact on the governance. The paper therefore recommends, among others, that there is a need for more public participation in the affairs of the House. Therefore, members of the civil society and civil society organisations need to take more definite steps (through seeking and making information available) to press for more and deeper legislative processes and oversight duties by the State House of Assemblyen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherNILDSen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNigerian Journal of Legislative Affairs;Vol. 7 No. 2
dc.subjectLegislative Practicesen_US
dc.subjectAnambra Stateen_US
dc.subjectState House of Assemblyen_US
dc.subjectParliamentary activitiesen_US
dc.subjectOversighten_US
dc.subjectCivil societyen_US
dc.titleThe Legislature and Legislative Practices in Anambra State: Scorecard of Performance of Anambra State House of Assembly 2003 - 2015en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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