The Legislature in Nigeria’s Presidential Democracy of the Fourth Republic (eBook)

This book investigates whether legislative institutions, state and national, in Nigeria's Fourth Republic have been able to harness constitutional powers to impact public policy. Presenting how the Nigerian state has not been able to showcase the expected dividends of presidential democracy since 1999, it analyzes the crisis of governance and its impact on political stability, social cohesion, and the livelihood of citizens. 

?Omololu Fagbadebo is a Research Associate and a Lecturer at the Durban University of Technology, South Africa. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Previously, he taught Political Science at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, and at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He was Press Secretary to the Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Nigeria, 1999-2003. Fagbadebo participated in the Study of the United States Institutes (SUSI) on American Politics and Political Thought Fellowship at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, in 2010. His research focuses on comparative politics, legislative studies, public governance, development studies, public institutions, and African government and politics. His book publications include Public Procurement, Corruption and the Crisis of Governance in Africa (2021), co-edited with Prof. Nirmala Dorasamy, published by Palgrave Macmillan; Democratic Practices and Governance in Nigeria (2021), co-edited with two other colleagues, published by Routledge; Impeachment in the Nigerian Presidential System: Challenges, Successes and the Way Forward (2020), published by Palgrave Macmillan; and Perspectives on the Legislature and the Prospects of Accountability in Nigeria and South Africa (2019), co-edited with Prof. Fayth Ruffin, published by Springer International Publishing.