Omotayo Oyewopo Sheriff

Voice Voting and the Crisis of Accountability in Nigeria's National Assembly

Since the return to democratic civilian rule in 1999, Nigeria’s National Assembly has predominantly utilised unrecorded voice voting as its default mechanism for legislative decision-making. This study investigates how this persistent reliance on oral, collective voting impedes l...

Voice Voting and the Crisis of Accountability in Nigeria's National Assembly

Since the return to democratic civilian rule in 1999, Nigeria’s National Assembly has predominantly utilised unrecorded voice voting as its default mechanism for legislative decision-making. This study investigates how this persistent reliance on oral, collective voting impedes l...