Responsibility and Rascality the Nigerian National Assembly, 1999-2013

Oarhe Osumah

《Taiwan Journal of Democracy》 10卷2期 (2014/12) Pp. 115-140

並列摘要

This essay, which is based on desk analysis, considers the legislative responsibilities and political rascality of the Nigerian National Assembly in its unbroken fourteen-year lifespan from 1999, when Nigeria redemocratized, to 2013. Within this period, although the National Assembly performed its legislative responsibilities in certain unique ways, it largely portrayed itself as self-seeking rather than driven by enlightened public interest. Thus, for the National Assembly to become more responsive to popular interests in the discharge of its legislative duties, the essay suggests the need to tackle the prevailing prebendal and neopatrimonial conceptions of public office through better education, electoral reform, and citizen action.

並列關鍵字

Legislature ； responsibility ； rascality ； politics

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