The Legislature in Nigeria's Presidential Democracy of the Fourth Republic / Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development (PDF)

¿Omololu Fagbadebo is a Research Associate and a Lecturer at the Durban University of Technology, South Africa. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Previously, he taught Political Science at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, and at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He was Press Secretary to the Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Nigeria, 1999-2003. Fagbadebo participated in the Study of the United States Institutes (SUSI) on American Politics and Political Thought Fellowship at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, in 2010. His research focuses on comparative politics, legislative studies, public governance, development studies, public institutions, and African government and politics. His book publications include Public Procurement, Corruption and the Crisis of Governance in Africa (2021), co-edited with Prof. Nirmala Dorasamy, published by Palgrave Macmillan; Democratic Practicesand Governance in Nigeria (2021), co-edited with two other colleagues, published by Routledge; Impeachment in the Nigerian Presidential System: Challenges, Successes and the Way Forward (2020), published by Palgrave Macmillan; and Perspectives on the Legislature and the Prospects of Accountability in Nigeria and South Africa (2019), co-edited with Prof. Fayth Ruffin, published by Springer International Publishing.
Mojeed Olujinmi A. Alabi is a governance expert, legal practitioner, and dual faculty Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Okuku Campus and Professor in the Department of Public Law at the Ifetedo Campus, both of the Osun State University, Nigeria. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and PhD in Law from the University of Leicester, UK. Alabi was Speaker of the Osun State House Assembly (May 1999 - May 2003) and a Member of the House of Representatives(June 2015 - June 2019). Between 2008 and 2010, he served as an Expert in Good