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Safeguarding democratically elected local government councils in Nigeria from abuse

Nigeria is a country that practices constitutional democracy. The 1999 Constitution (As Amended) being a fundamental law, prevails over other inconsistent legislations. The country is a geographical entity divided into 36 states. Each of the states has a certain number of local government councils...

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Main Authors: Aliyu, Musa Adamu, Abdullah, Anita, Mohd Anuar, Haslinda
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Language:English
Published: Future Academy 2018
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K Law (General)
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http://doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2018.12.03.18
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spelling my.uum.repo.262202019-07-15T06:49:28Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/26220/ Safeguarding democratically elected local government councils in Nigeria from abuse Aliyu, Musa Adamu Abdullah, Anita Mohd Anuar, Haslinda K Law (General) Nigeria is a country that practices constitutional democracy. The 1999 Constitution (As Amended) being a fundamental law, prevails over other inconsistent legislations. The country is a geographical entity divided into 36 states. Each of the states has a certain number of local government councils constitutionally provided. The Grundnorm makes it compulsory for the local government councils to be democratically governed. State Governments are empowered to ensure, there is a law in existence, to regulate the administrative and financial structure of the local government councils. The executive and legislature at the state level, have unfortunately devised a mode of circumventing the constitutional provisions which guaranteed democratically elected local government councils. It is the objective of this conceptual paper, to analyse the constitutional powers of the state governments to control the local government councils. The paper argues that the Code of Conduct Tribunal, being a quasi-adjudicatory body, has the power to sanction public officers who abuse their powers. Invoking the Tribunal’s jurisdiction by subjecting public officers to trial for the abuse will play a vital role in deterring the State Governors and Members of the State House of Assembly from the infraction of the constitutional provisions. This role will go a long way in safeguarding democratically elected local government councils as constitutionally guaranteed in Nigeria. Future Academy 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc4_by_nc http://repo.uum.edu.my/26220/1/UUMILC2017%20201%20208.pdf Aliyu, Musa Adamu and Abdullah, Anita and Mohd Anuar, Haslinda (2018) Safeguarding democratically elected local government councils in Nigeria from abuse. The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences. pp. 201-208. ISSN 23571330 http://doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2018.12.03.18 doi:10.15405/epsbs.2018.12.03.18
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Aliyu, Musa Adamu
Abdullah, Anita
Mohd Anuar, Haslinda
Safeguarding democratically elected local government councils in Nigeria from abuse
description Nigeria is a country that practices constitutional democracy. The 1999 Constitution (As Amended) being a fundamental law, prevails over other inconsistent legislations. The country is a geographical entity divided into 36 states. Each of the states has a certain number of local government councils constitutionally provided. The Grundnorm makes it compulsory for the local government councils to be democratically governed. State Governments are empowered to ensure, there is a law in existence, to regulate the administrative and financial structure of the local government councils. The executive and legislature at the state level, have unfortunately devised a mode of circumventing the constitutional provisions which guaranteed democratically elected local government councils. It is the objective of this conceptual paper, to analyse the constitutional powers of the state governments to control the local government councils. The paper argues that the Code of Conduct Tribunal, being a quasi-adjudicatory body, has the power to sanction public officers who abuse their powers. Invoking the Tribunal’s jurisdiction by subjecting public officers to trial for the abuse will play a vital role in deterring the State Governors and Members of the State House of Assembly from the infraction of the constitutional provisions. This role will go a long way in safeguarding democratically elected local government councils as constitutionally guaranteed in Nigeria.
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author Aliyu, Musa Adamu
Abdullah, Anita
Mohd Anuar, Haslinda
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Mohd Anuar, Haslinda
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title Safeguarding democratically elected local government councils in Nigeria from abuse
title_short Safeguarding democratically elected local government councils in Nigeria from abuse
title_full Safeguarding democratically elected local government councils in Nigeria from abuse
title_fullStr Safeguarding democratically elected local government councils in Nigeria from abuse
title_full_unstemmed Safeguarding democratically elected local government councils in Nigeria from abuse
title_sort safeguarding democratically elected local government councils in nigeria from abuse
publisher Future Academy
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url http://repo.uum.edu.my/26220/1/UUMILC2017%20201%20208.pdf
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