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 have
been subjected to vicissitudes
attendant to the myriads of challenges of nation- building and
development that engulfed many postcolonial
states, keeping them permanently in limbo and often in abeyance, for
which reason they 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 parts of Africa
after decades of authoritarian
rule. It is a multi-perspective work that beams search light on
various parts of the traditions and
developments, powers and functions, workings and processes, as well as
the problems 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.
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 The Legislature in Nigeria: Analysis of a Neglected
Institution of Governance MOA
Alabi and WO Egbewole………………………………………………… 1
Part I: HISTORY, TRADITION, AND POWER
Chapter 2 The Legislature in National Politics: A Global Scan of
Growth, Organisation, and
Power MOA Alabi …………………………………………………….. 13
Chapter 3 Development and Powers of the Legislature in Nigeria
FO Fagbohun ……………………………………………………………………………….. 45
Chapter 4 Judicial Review and the Legislature under the 1999
Constitution WO Egbewole and
MA Etudaiye ………………………………………………………………... 71
Chapter 5 The Legislature and Intra-Governmental Relations in Nigeria
MOA Alabi ………………………………………………………………………………..... 97
Chapter 6 Parliament and the Power of Public Crime Investigation
WO Egbewole and I Imam ………………………………………………………………… 125
Part II: PROCESSES AND CHALLENGES
Chapter 7 Impeachment Procedure and Judicial Intervention in the
Legislative Process in
Nigeria O Fagbadebo ………………………………………………………………….. 145
Chapter 8 Judicial Review and Impeachment Proceedings under the
Nigerian Constitution EA
Taiwo …………………………………………………………………… 169
Chapter 9 State Houses of Assembly and Control of Local Government
Administration in
Nigeria O Fagbadebo and MOA Alabi ………………………………………………… 201
Chapter 10 Corruption and Developmental Challenges in Nigeria: The
Role of the Legislature
SA Lafenwa …………………………………………………………………... 239
Chapter 11 'Quis Custodiet Custodes?' Interrogating the Scope and
Limits of Legislative
Powers in a Nascent Democracy MOA Alabi ……………………………………………. 271
EDITORS
Alabi, Mojeed Olujinmi A, a full-term Speaker of a State House of
Assembly in Nigeria, is currently on Leave of Absence as an Expert in
Governance and Public Sector Reforms and Head of the Parliamentary
Capacity Building Programme at the African Training and Research
Centre in Administration in Development. He is a Senior Lecturer in
Political Science and an Associate Lecturer in Public Law at the
University of Ilorin. With a PhD (Political Science) degree of the
University of Ibadan, he currently undertakes another PhD research
study in Law at the University of Leicester, UK.
Egbewole, Wahabi Olasupo a Senior Lecturer, was Head of the Department
of Jurisprudence in International Law before his recent elevation as
the Dean of Law, University of Ilorin. A Bar activist and Notary
Public, he has written extensively, travelled widely, and made several
scholarly presentations on democracy and the rule of law,
jurisprudence, legal drafting, and law reform. He is an alumnus of the
University of Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University), and holds a PhD degree
in Law from the University of Ilorin.
Images of the cover pages available at http://www.cafrad.org/web%20design/cafrad/page/PERSPECTIVES.pdf
PUBLISHERS
African Training and Research Centre
in Administration for Development (CAFRAD)
PAGES: 313
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