Muhammad Tukur Jibril

PROBING THE CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE OF STATE HOUSES OF ASSEMBLY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT GOVERNANCE

The Nigerian Constitution guaranteed a system of local government by way of democratically elected councils. However in recognition of the powers of the States in the conduct of local government, the Constitution granted the State House of Assembly power to establish the councils and define their composition, structure, functions and finance, among...

AN ANALYSIS OF THE PRACTICE AND PROCESSES OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN NIGERIA

Constitution is the paramount source of all legal cum political authority in a polity. Nigeria operates a written and supreme Constitution. One aspect of supremacy of the Constitution is that the National Assembly alone is incapable of altering it without collaboration with the State Houses of Assembly or with the people’s vote in a referendum. Ame...