The National Assembly

Fashagba, Joseph Yinka; Nwankwor, Chiedo

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“…The materials included reports from the parliament, the executive, civil society organizations, political parties, and books. Books written by Omotoso and Oladeji (2019), Fashagba et al (2019), Baba (2019), Fagbadebo and Ruffin (2019) were amongst others. Lastly, it also used the institutional theory of conflict (crisis) to support the secondary data for clarity, develop linkages and to arrive at acceptable conclusions.…”

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An Examination of Legislature-Executive Crisis under the APC Led Democratic Governance in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic and Its Impact on Good Governance, 2015-2019

Okpe¹,

Othman²

2021

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This study examined the legislature-executive crisis in Nigeria under the APC- led democratic governance between 2015 and 2019. The objective was to understand the factors that animated the crisis and its implication on good governance. To achieve this, the study relied on the descriptive qualitative approach and the institutional theory of conflict to create linkage and consolidate the findings. It used mainly secondary data like textbooks, journal articles, legislature-executive documents, and the 1999 Nigerian Constitution. From the analysis, several factors emerged which included leadership interference and parliamentary oversight. Others were poor capacity building, corruption, and absence of enough communication. By implication, the result showed that between 1999 and 2015, the parliament passed 248 bills into law, but passed 213 bills between 2015 and 2019. However, information also appeared that the crisis impacted more negatively on the institutions’ relations and the political system. It disrupted the democratic ethics of accountability, transparency, and equitable distribution of resources. Public policies like lawmaking, oversight and implementation suffered greatly. Unnecessarily delayed budget proposals increased poverty, economic deprivation, and instability. Positive changes promised by the APC government were lost in the crisis and these were all against democratic ethos. Based on the ongoing, the study concluded that democracy and good governance can be strengthened when the institutions collaborate better to execute their roles, respect their institutions and the 1999 Constitution. The study would benefit the institutions, the public and researchers. Further study is also needed on the judiciary-legislature pattern of relations under Nigeria’s fourth republic democratic governance.

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An Examination of Legislature-Executive Crisis under the APC Led Democratic Governance in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic and Its Impact on Good Governance, 2015-2019

Okpe¹,

Othman²

2021

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Forging Constitutional and Parliamentary Democracy Through Constituency Offices in South Africa

Tshishonga

2023

Insights and Explorations in Democracy, Political Unrest, and Propaganda in Elections

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This chapter deliberates on the role and importance of parliamentary democracy in consolidating democratic governance at community level through the establishment of constituency offices. The democratic government is challenged not only to be inclusive but also to ensure governance measures and that institutional arrangements are in place to consolidate parliamentary democracy based on the precepts enshrined in the Constitution. Thus, constituency offices provide MPs with a forum to share policy related information and further engage constituencies in matters pertaining to policy making and advocacy. The chapter argues that effective constituency offices should not only be the channel of information and communication between MPs and the people, but should also be agents for policy advocacy and implementation. The chapter made use of secondary data in the form of books, journal articles, and governmental policies and documents as well as selected interviews with national members of parliament (MPs) and provincial members of parliaments (PMPs).

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The National Assembly

Cited by 2 publications

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An Examination of Legislature-Executive Crisis under the APC Led Democratic Governance in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic and Its Impact on Good Governance, 2015-2019

An Examination of Legislature-Executive Crisis under the APC Led Democratic Governance in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic and Its Impact on Good Governance, 2015-2019

Forging Constitutional and Parliamentary Democracy Through Constituency Offices in South Africa

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