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The legislative institution in Nigeria had at different times suffered series of abrogation as a result of military intervention in politics. The legislature, as a political institution, was one of the foremost political institutions of governance established in the early days of Colonial administration in Nigeria.
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The adoption of the presidential system was significant because the collapse of the first republic was attributed to the parliamentary system which some considered unsuitable for a society that is as diverse as Nigeria.
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Fashagba, J.Y. (2019). Exploring the Nigerian Central Legislative Institution. In: Fashagba, J., Ajayi, OR., Nwankwor, C. (eds) The Nigerian National Assembly. Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11905-8_1
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