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Nigeriaโs federal legislative body, the National Assembly, consists of two houses, the House of Representatives @HouseNGR & the Senate @NGRSenate .ย All members of the National Assembly are elected directly every four years.
Nigeriaโs federal legislative body, the National Assembly, consists of two houses, the House of Representatives @HouseNGR & the Senate @NGRSenate .ย All members of the National Assembly are elected directly every four years.
Although, as the consequence of being a former British colony, Nigeria started out with a parliamentary system of government at independence in 1960, it switched to a presidential system modeled after that of the United States in 1979.
This was done primarily to achieve a more enhanced separation of powers, and checks and balances, among the three branches of government. To that end, in addition to its legislative mandate, the current Constitution accords the National Assembly extensive oversight powers.
These include control over the spending of federal funds, the authority to provide advice and consent for appointments to key executive positions, the power to approve all treaties negotiated by the executive, and the power to impeach the President and his deputy.
Various elected and unelected officers are instrumental to the functioning of the National Assembly. Key members of the National Assembly leadership include the Majority Leader, the Minority Leader, the Chief Whip, and the Minority Whip.
Among the unelected officers of the National Assembly are the Clerk and the Sergeant-at-Arms
Also crucial to the proper functioning of the body are the various committees. While the Nigerian Constitution requires each house of the National Assembly to form two committeesโa joint committee on finance and a public accounts committeeโit permits each body to form...
... as many other committees as it deems fit. The National Assembly may establish various forms of committees: special committees, standing committees, ad hoc committees, and committees of the whole.
The legislative process in Nigeria involves both houses of the National Assembly and the President. Typically, once a bill (executive, private, or memberโs bill) is introduced in the National Assembly, it goes through a rigorous...
... process before it is enacted into law, which includes three readings of the bill, scrutiny by the relevant committee where amendments may be made, and presidential assent.
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