Political Party Rebellion, Legislative Politics and Balance of Power in the 8th National Assembly of Nigeria

Authors

  • Anthony Egobueze

  • Peter Mbah

Keywords:

zoning, federal character, senate, internal conflict, national assembly

Abstract

The issue of equitable power sharing in the All Progressives Congress APC controlled federal legislature has been very contentious in the 8th National Assembly of Nigeria This paper analyses the legislative politics and politics of office distribution in Nigeria focusing on how elite struggles for power and influence shape the internal conflicts and implementation of zoning principles in the National Assembly Legislatures evolve and develop internally in reaction to broader political environment Zoning and rotation principle are part of a democratic culture used to address the problems inherent in a plural society of underdeveloped states The zoning principle is structured to deliberately ensure some degree of diversity This is indispensable to the maintenance of the Nigerian State due to its diversity in ethnicity religion language education etc This article analyses the conflicts arising from an attempt to change the zoning principle and office distribution imbedded in the federal character principle in Nigeria It focuses on how elite struggle for power and money shape the conception implementation and continuity of zoning of offices and positions in order to maintain ethnic balancing The article adopts a methodology involving qualitative research based on a review of published literature The study recommended the reintroduction of zoning principle for maintaining zonal equilibrium as a modality for ethnic diversity balancing and management

How to Cite

Anthony Egobueze, & Peter Mbah. (2016). Political Party Rebellion, Legislative Politics and Balance of Power in the 8th National Assembly of Nigeria. Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 16(F1), 7–21. Retrieved from https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/1698

Political Party Rebellion, Legislative Politics and Balance of Power in the 8th National Assembly of Nigeria

Published

2016-01-15