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PARLIAMENT AND THE POWER OF THE PURSE: THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION OF 1999 IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2017

JOACHIM WEHNER
JOACHIM WEHNER
Affiliation:
Budget Information Service, Institute for Democracy in South Africa (Idasa), Cape Town
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Abstract

With Nigeria's transition from military rule to democratically elected government in May 1999, a new constitution took effect. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, establishes a framework for democratic governance on the basis of a presidential system of government, with a two-chamber National Assembly, and organizes Nigeria as a federal republic. Soon after the new constitutional framework came into effect, it was thrown into the spotlight during a dispute between the president and the National Assembly that caused a four-month delay in the passing of the federal budget for the 2000 fiscal year.

Type
Regular Article
Information
Journal of African Law , Volume 46 , Issue 2 , October 2002 , pp. 216 - 231
Copyright
2002 School of Oriental and African Studies

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