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The Legislature in Nigeria: Origin, Powers and Challenges

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... 69 This is no less obvious in Nigeria, where the long years of military dictatorship have tended to obliterate the key role of the legislature. In a paper I wrote as a participant-scholar, 70 I highlighted the different phases of the evolution of the Nigerian legislatures, identifying changes in their structure, composition and power. Situated within the context of the struggle for power among the three organs of government, the analysis highlighted a combination of problems and challenges that have retarded the growth of the legislature. ...
... 69 This is no less obvious in Nigeria, where the long years of military dictatorship have tended to obliterate the key role of the legislature. In a paper I wrote as a participant-scholar, 70 I highlighted the different phases of the evolution of the Nigerian legislatures, identifying changes in their structure, composition and power. Situated within the context of the struggle for power among the three organs of government, the analysis highlighted a combination of problems and challenges that have retarded the growth of the legislature. ...
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The history of mankind has been marked by interactions at both individual and nation-state levels. This phenomenal interaction has necessitated foreign relations between nations which arise as a result of the fact that no nation no matter how well endowed can exist in isolation of others. Therefore, the importance attached to relations between nations in the international system has given rise to interest in International Relations in the academia. Hence, interest in diplomatic ties involving independent sovereigns and international organizations has led to a growing number of literatures especially at the turn of the twentieth century. It is a truism that nations interact with one another to achieve some benefits as well as assist in areas of deficiency. The foregoing bears fangs on the long-standing relationship between Nigeria and Cuba since 1974. To this end, this paper attempts an appraisal of NigeriaCuba relations from 1974 to 2020 in the area of their benefits and prospects of this relationship. Using a multidisciplinary approach of analysis, the paper argues and demonstrates that Nigeria-Cuba relations have not been of much benefit to both countries and suggested possible areas of mutual benefits.
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Perspectives on the Legislature in the Government of Nigeria is a collection of critical essays written by scholars and observers of the workings and performance of the legislature as a leading institution of democratic governance in Africa's largest democracy, the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The legislative institutions in Nigeria and other parts of Africa has been subjected to vicissitudes attendant to the myriads of challenges of nation- building and development that engulfed many post-colonial states, keeping it often in permanently in limbo and often in abeyance, for which reason it had suffered scholarly neglect and obscurity. This collection of essays is part of the renewed attempt to redirect attention to the study of the legislature, a renewal occasioned by the global resurgence of democracy which has continued to blossom in various part of Africa after decades of authoritarian rule. It is a multi-perspective work that beams search light on various parts of the traditions and development, powers and functions, workings and processes, as well as the problem and challenges of an institution that would remain central to any assessment of democracy and democratic consolidation in Nigeria in particular and Africa as a whole.
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