Demystifying Intra-Legislative Conflicts in Nigeria: The Senate and the House of Representatives, 2007-2011

Abstract

Since the inauguration of the Nigerian federal legislature in 2007, conflicts

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“…This insight indicates the two perspectives upon which the Nigerian society views the appropriateness of a bicameral legislature. Nevertheless, the acceptance of a bicameral legislature, in theory, might have been informed by the need to uphold the federal principle (Mba 2014;Awotokun 1998;Oyediran 2007;.…”

“…Thus, in policy process and role specification, there is no provision for supremacy. Requisite constitutional provisions as identified in the immediate section provide the avenue for the Senate and the House of Representatives to work together in harmony (Mba 2014). Nevertheless, there have been a series of struggles between the Senate and House of Representative on certain issues.…”

“…The President, Alhaji Musa Yar'Adua had agreed to present the bill to the joint sitting of the Senate and the House of Representatives in November 23, 2009 (Onuorah et al 2009;Mba 2014;Majebi 2009). The problem was the choice of the venue for the joint sitting of the national Assembly for the presentation of the bill by the president.…”

“…The House of Representatives insisted that the presentation must be done in the Green Chamber, the official venue of the sitting of the House of Representatives. The position is that the chamber is more spacious than the Red Chamber of the Senate (Majebi 2009;Mba 2014).…”

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“…When they try, the state executive interprets it as an infringement on their responsibility, and also as a message that they are incompetent. This is one of the causes of friction between most state legislative assemblies and the state executive (Mba, 2014). It is obvious that at the state level, political powers lie more in the executive arm for policy formulation and implementation.…”