The legislature and the failing oversight role in Nigeria’s presidential system

• In Event: Democratic Backsliding and Legislative Politics

Brief Overview

Requisite provisions of the Constitution of Nigeria, 1999, activate legislative oversight of executive power in the country's tripartite system of separate but shared powers. This includes the legislative investigative power into executive actions.

Authors

• Omololu Michael Fagbadebo, Durban University of Technology

• Fulufhelo Godfrey Netswera, Durban University of Technology

• Oluwayomi Nimat Yusuf, Durban University of Technology