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Legislation And Good Governance In Nigeria
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1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Good governance and legislation goes in pari
passu. If according to barron de Montesquieu in his principle of
separation of power if the legislature were free from executive
influence and lobby by politicians and other stake holders in the
polity. In Nigeria 7th assembly, the problem of legislation has been
hampered by the imposition of legislature who sometimes are not
qualified to, thereby breeding ineffective legislation and incompetency
among the legislatures.
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The main
objective of this study is to ascertain the role of legislation in good
governance, this is because there is no government without laws, and
this laws are made by qualified persons called legislature, and the laws
are legislation. However, the study seeks to ascertain:
i) The challenges of effective legislation
ii) To ascertain how independent and efficient are the legislation made by the legislature
iii) To evaluate the relationship between legislation and good governance
iv) To proffer solution to the lapses if any in the 7th assembly
1.4 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
In
other to achieve the objective of the study and proffering solution to
problem of study, the following research question were formulated:
H0: there are no challenges to effective legislation in Nigeria
H1: there are challenges to effective legislation in Nigeria
H02: there is no significant relationship between legislation and good governance in Nigeria
H2: there is a significant relationship between legislation and good governance
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
It
is conceived that at the completion of this studies, the findings will
be beneficial to the employee of the National assembly and the
legislatures who are responsible for law making.
The study will be of
benefit to the media who will evaluate the effectiveness of the
legislation in other to ensure good governance and appraise the
performance of the government of the day, and criticize when necessary
for better governance.
It is also conceived that the study will be beneficial to the teachers, lecturers, academia, students and researchers
1.6 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
The
study covers legislation and good governance with emphasis on the 7th
assembly, however the study has some limitations which include:
a)
AVAILABILITY OF RESEARCH MATERIAL: The research material available to
the researcher is insufficient, thereby limiting the study
b)
TIME: The time frame allocated to the study does not enhance wider
coverage as the researcher have to combine other academic activities and
examinations with the study.
c) FINANCE: finance is a major
constrain to the scope of the research as available fund does not permit
further expansion of the scope of the study.
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