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The Nigerian House of Representatives, 1999–2016

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The chapter explores the workings of the House of Representatives as a legislative institution towards Nigeria’s democratic survival; using two parameters: Institutional framework and membership composition; and lawmaking effectiveness. The chapter observed lopsided distribution of legislative seats as some states with lesser population have more seats than those with higher population as against the spirit of its establishment. The chapter also found that despite the continuous increase in number of Bills received and passed, the lawmaking output was discouraging on the fact that only 546 Bills were passed out of 1926 Bills processed in 16 years at 28.3% performance level.

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  1. Department of Political Science, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

    Luqman Saka & Adebola Rafiu Bakare

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  1. Department of Political Science, Federal University Lokoja, Lokoja, Nigeria

    Joseph Yinka Fashagba

  2. Department of Political Science, Federal University Lokoja, Lokoja, Nigeria

    Ola-Rotimi Matthew Ajayi

  3. SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA

    Chiedo Nwankwor

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Saka, L., Bakare, A.R. (2019). The Nigerian House of Representatives, 1999–2016. In: Fashagba, J., Ajayi, OR., Nwankwor, C. (eds) The Nigerian National Assembly. Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11905-8_6

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