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Legislation And Good Governance In Nigeria
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1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Legislation
Legislation
is defined as the making of laws, the process of writing and passing
laws. However, a common and also more acceptable meaning refers to it as
a laws passed by an official body especially a government assembly.
According to the Black law Dictionary, legislation is the act of giving
or enacting laws, the power to make laws, the act of legislating,
preparation and enactment of laws, laws enacted by law-making body.
Thus, legislation either refers to the process of making laws or the
laws that emanate from such process. An important feature of it is that
it must have emanated from a government body known to the laws of that
society and this body is known as the legislature
Good Governance
The
term “Good Governanceâ€, no doubt, has very wide connotations. 6 In its
widest connotation, it can be described as governance that meets or
satisfies the yearnings or needs of the people in terms of development
and good life. Governance that institutionalizes procedure for
guaranteeing and protecting the rights of the citizens at all times
within the framework of the constitution. Governance that promotes
self-actualization and abhors poverty. Governance that recognizes the
inalienable rights of the citizens to education, good health, constant
and uninterrupted electricity, good water system, e.t.c.
Rule of law:
The
exercise of state power using, and guided by, published written
standards that embody widely-supported social values, avoid
particularism, and enjoy broad-based public support
Transparency:
Official
business conducted in such a way that substantive and procedural
information is available to, and broadly understandable by, people and
groups in society, subject to reasonable limits protecting security and
privacy
Accountability:
Procedures requiring officials and those
who seek to influence them to follow established rules defining
acceptable processes and outcomes, and to demonstrate that they have
followed those procedures
1.8 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY
This research work is organized in five chapters, for easy understanding, as follows
Chapter
one is concern with the introduction, which consist of the (overview,
of the study), statement of problem, objectives of the study, research
question, significance or the study, and definition of term. Chapter two
highlight the theoretical framework on which the study it’s based, thus
the review of related literature. Chapter three deals on the research
design and methodology adopted in the study. Chapter four concentrate on
the data collection and analysis and presentation of finding. Chapter
five gives summary, conclusion, and recommendations made of the study.
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