In Nigeria's case I feel the house of representative should be scrapped since all the 36 states have a house of Representatives. Then the leaders(minority and majority leaders) of the various houses can meet in Abuja every quarter to deliberate national issues. I would even suggest they travel by road so that the would be motivated to fix the portholes on the roads they travel by

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Diezani: Msc

NOI: PhD

Bankole: MA

Farouk: BA

GEJ: PhD

and they made Nigeria to be Africa's largest economic,they had economic direction and were not a scalar quantity like pmb's nigeria.

This is a country that has the well being off her indigenes' at heart. Knowing fully well that instead of wasting such a huge amount of money on senates, they rather use it on something more meaningful to better their country. If it were to be in Nigeria, it would be a do or die affair.

Fedayeen:
I will support banning illiterates without certificate from ever mounting the saddle of Presidency in Nigeria




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Nigeria should follow suit, our Senate is a complete waste of money, the money they spend in buying cars alone can go a long way in doing something tangible for the rest of Nigeria. Bought some exotic cars for committee use some two or 3 months ago, got another round of exotic jeeps just about last week or so for every member of the Senate, almost surely another round of cars will be bought before elections in 2019,then towards the end of their tenure they will sell of the cars to themselves and the next senators which certainly will include some of the current crop will repeat the same buying of cars afresh, whether they are there to make laws or feed fat at the expense of the masses, we may never know. But I believe it can't work in Nigeria, they will rant about the executive going dictatorial and tyranny if the option for their disbandment was to be touted, but deep down, it's not about their fear for democracy it's about their hunger for looting the public treasury

Even if it is costly in Nigeria, it is for the best that we have senate house.APC's tyrany will just get worst if we scrape the Senate.One advice instead is to ban elders from running the affairs of this nigeria.I have seen over the years that the major problem of the Nigeria's political class is the Hypocratic Elders we have.The Elders council are the most corrupt, Hypocritic and worst of all shameless e.g AREWA CONSECUTIVE FORUM,NORTERN ELDERS FORUM,OHANEZE faction supporting the bias Buhari,UPU faction supporting the bias Buhari.So my only advice here is scrap the hypocric houuse of Elders Councils in Nigeria.Ban Elderly politicians like Buhari,matima Sule,Dambazzau,Danjuma,Anenih and other hypocrites this we save us some cost and will stop some misleading.Thanks.

DEXTROVERT:
Dissolve
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Too
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It
Should
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NIGERIANS
Killed
All
Her
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cardoctor:
Senegal. What a poor country. Nigeria just spent N3.6 billion to buy just cars for the senate. NIGERIA IS "STINKING" RICH.

Which stinking rich? They are spending our collective wealth. If you divide the money we earn by our population, you will find we are not richer than Senegal.

cashkid:
it will be a great disservice to insult you since nature has already shafted u by endowing u with a less than optimal deductive reasoning capacity.

Yepa! This is a very big upper cut for Achuwa.

nigerian senate to be scrapped? this is like attempting to empty the atlantic ocean into a basket. what happened to senegales sanate will never happen here unless our constitution empowers d president to do so.

cashkid:
it will be a great disservice to insult you since nature has already shafted u by endowing u with a less than optimal deductive reasoning capacity.

Yepa! This is a very big upper cut for Achuwa. Achuwa is Olodo.

TheProphetess:
Instead of removing the senate let us reduce their salary to 500k per month. If and only if they start performing well wil we increase to maybe 1Mil.
I can't be living in a country where a common senator is making more that US president and they still steal on top of that.

Very good points except the increase for performance. It should only be allowed if also applicable to civil servants working for the same government at N18,000 minimum wage, don't you think



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GWMI:
Even if it is costly in Nigeria, it is for the best that we have senate house.APC's tyrany will just get worst if we scrape the Senate.One advice instead is to ban elders from running the affairs of this nigeria.I have seen over the years that the major problem of the Nigeria's political class is the Hypocratic Elders we have.The Elders council are the most corrupt, Hypocritic and worst of all shameless e.g AREWA CONSECUTIVE FORUM,NORTERN ELDERS FORUM,OHANEZE faction supporting the bias Buhari,UPU faction supporting the bias Buhari.So my only advice here is scrap the hypocric houuse of Elders Councils in Nigeria.Ban Elderly politicians like Buhari,matima Sule,Dambazzau,Danjuma,Anenih and other hypocrites this we save us some cost and will stop some misleading.Thanks.

But the youth have not fared better in terms of corruption and hypocrisy, it was the youth that earnestly asked for Abacha. Youthful politicians like Farook Lawan, Labaran Maku and Dimeji Bankola were as corrupt as the elders. Youth organizations like NANS suffer the same disease as any other organization.

Our own corrupt senate should be desolved too and all of them, both present and past senators thrown in jail or legally killed!

The lower house should be retained but the present representatives and past should be jailed or legally killed.

New representative's monthly salary and allowance won't exceed 300k. The President's won't exceed 600k, VP 500k, Minister 300k, Governor 350k, Dept. Gov. 300k.etc. And make it extremely hard to loot public fund.

If we make political offices less enticing financially for thieves, we will have a better opportunity to elect real patroits who will truly serve to save this dying country.

engrchykae:
and they made Nigeria to be Africa's largest economic,they had economic direction and were not a scalar quantity like pmb's nigeria.

Nigeria Senate also needs to be eliminated... All dey do is just to sit down in houses and receive fat salaries enough to feed an entire nation... most of dem are useless

nairalandbuzz:
[size=15pt]Senegal gets rid of its senate to save money[/size]

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(CBS/AP) DAKAR, Senegal - Senegalese lawmakers, who are divided between a 150-seat national assembly and a 100-seat senate, voted to do away with the senate, passing a law which dissolves the institution in order to save an estimated $15 million.

Minister of Justice Aminata Toure explained that the suppression Tuesday of the senate is intended to curb government spending, and will provide the cash needed to help the victims of the yearly rains which have left thousands homeless and killed at least 13 people.

Unlike the national assembly, the senate is a relatively recent institution, and has become a symbol of government waste. It's been frequently pilloried and described as an instrument of cronyism, a way to reward loyal party workers who did not get elected to the larger national assembly. Around half the senators are directly appointed by the president.

Congress also voted to abolish the office of vice president, establish in 2009 by then-President Abdoulaye Wade, the BBC reports. It has not ever been occupied.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/senegal-gets-rid-of-its-senate-to-save-money/

Which one is Senate and National Assembly? Are they different? Both the Upper and Lower Chambers are jointly called The National Assembly. Pls I stand to be corrected.

nairalandbuzz:
One thing you all need to understand is that... both lower and upper house that are doing check and balance are not competent enough let alone dissolving one chamber at a go..

my one cent...

For Presidential and Vice Posts: Minimum of Masters in any field + MBA.
For Governors: Minimum of Bsc + MBA
For Local Govt: Minimum of HND
For Council Chairmen: Minimum of OND
For Ministers: Minimum of PHD
For Senators and d likes : Minimum of MBA

These ppl must know what they are being sent to do na...
else, na rubbish anyone wey go there go dey do...

Good and sincere leadership has nothing to do with academic qualifications.
If academic qualifications is a sole yardstick for good governance, why do we still have highest level of bad leadership i many universities and teaching hospitals where we have academic Dons?

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AlienStar:
Some people don start govt tutorials up there! Nawa for Nigerians!

It is necessary because school children visit this site.

LadyJul:
Nigeria Senate also needs to be eliminated... All dey do is just to sit down in houses and receive fat salaries enough to feed an entire nation... most of dem are useless

Well Nigeria and Senegal are two different economy!!!

Achuwa1:
the issue is not with the senate,but the president tht has no WASC certificate,,,,,how can an illiterate be rulling a country with so many sound & educated graduates,msc holders,phd holders 7 professors.,,,we need to get rid of pmb as soon as possible.

and what has Permanent Head Damage(PHD) president you had done with his cert? Wisdom is requured here not paperwork.At his very eyes,Nigeria had 5 presidents(one man 4 women).At his watch,Brigands carried,ferried and swindled nigerians.what has phd got to do with common sense.Though wassce as you claimed,there is sense in nonsense,if you doubt it ask tompolo,man without B.sc but owns a university.

Joel3:
this is what we need in Nigeria. but we all knows it will never work. Senegal is a small country with a population is just 14 million people.

we have more population and more politicians in Nigeria. and the senate is what is been used to reward party faithfuls.



ORGANS OR ARMS OF GOVERNMENT

These are (a) Executive, (b) Legislature and (c) Judiciary


THE EXECUTIVE

It is in two forms (a) Parliamentary Executive and (b) Presidential Executive

FUNCTIONS OF EXECUTIVE

i. implementation of laws
ii. maintenance of law and order through police
iii. making of law through its power of delegated legislation
iv. it prepares budget
v. it oversees day to day running of the administration
vi. the chief executive signs bills into law
vii. it initiates bills into parliament


THE LEGISTLATURE
It is also known as parliament. Every country has its name for it, for example in nigiera, it is known as National Assembly


FUNCTIONS

i. its main function is law making
ii. it approves annual budget
iii. it give approval to nominees of chief executive
iv. ratification of treaty negotiated by the executive
v. it performs semi-judicial function in some countries
vi. it can carry out investigation on issue of public interest
vii. it performs enlightenment campaigns through its activities like debates

TYPE OF LEGISLATURE

(a) Bicameral Legislature
(b) Unicameral Legislature


BICAMERAL LEGISTLATURE
This refers to the legislature with two legislature chambers or houses e.g. Nigeria, U.S.A, and Britain etc.

REASONS/ ADVANTAGES
i. To check, delay and reverse any hasty legislation that would have been passed by a single house.
ii. Distinguished citizens can be nominated where possible for their wisdom and resources to be sapped.
iii. To prevent emergence of dictatorial government.
iv. In a nominated seconds house, the house can be non-partisan
v. It allows for efficiency as a result of sharing of works between the two houses
vi. In a federal system of government, the second house can be used to provide for sequel representation among states e.g. Nigeria senate.


PROBLEMS/ DISADVANTAGES

i. there May be rivalry between the two houses because of problem of power distribution
ii. it is a waste of resources and manpower
iii. the second house may be two conservative e.g Britain
iv. in a nominated second house, it may be seen to be undemocratic
v. it may bring delay in law making
vi. it is too expensive to run smoothly


UNICAMERAL LEGISLATURE

This refers to a legislature with a single legislative house e.g. Israel

ADVANTAGES

i. Quick law making process
ii. Absence of rivalry
iii. Less expensive to run
iv. Ideal for a unitary state.

DISADVANTAGES

i. Bills can be hastily passed
ii. It may not be appropriate for a federal system
iii. Legislature can easy dominate executive
iv. Doctorial regime can easily emerge
v. It make it easy for the dominant party to dominate the legislative


THE JUDICIARY

It is the arm of government that is responsible for interpretation of law and settlement of disputes.
FUNCTIONS OF THE JUDICIARY

i. it interprets laws
ii. it settles conflicts in the society
iii. it protect the right of individuals
iv. it protects the constitution from both executive and legislature


FEATURES OF THE JUDICIARY

i. Independent of both executive and legislature
ii. Professionalism – they are legal experts
iii. Stable tenure of office
iv. Judicial immunity in the course of performing their official duties
v. It operates based on laid down procedure
vi. It has laid down code of conduct


INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY

It means judiciary should be free from the excessive control of the other two arms of government when carrying out its official duties

1 Million likes....you are good POLICY student,will like to see your school notes if possible(or source).

We need to abolish the office of the President for the next three years because as it is now, that office has not been occupied for the past one year.

Achuwa1:
the issue is not with the senate,but the president tht has no WASC certificate,,,,,how can an illiterate be rulling a country with so many sound & educated graduates,msc holders,phd holders 7 professors.,,,we need to get rid of pmb as soon as possible.

what's he talking about. That illiterate is doing a nice job

Grow up please. You sound to childish, too shallow in fact too nonenti-tious

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Achuwa1:
the issue is not with the senate,but the president tht has no WASC certificate,,,,,how can an illiterate be rulling a country with so many sound & educated graduates,msc holders,phd holders 7 professors.,,,we need to get rid of pmb as soon as possible.

With his basic education, firmness and uprightness, I prefer him to a prof who will end up milking the nation to dryness.

Good ideal, Nigeria won't take this step same of the same feathers shop make I shop man no dey ves there slogant

If nah nigeria u go see that 36 to 48 senate they even get assistant just wasting nigeria money.

If I may ask waiting be the work?

Abeg don't mind my english just that I dey ves wella

Re: Nigeria Learn: Senegal Gets Rid Of Its Senate To Save Money by popsonbj: 7:39am
Achuwa1:
the issue is not with the senate,but the president tht has no WASC certificate,,,,,how can an illiterate be rulling a country with so many sound & educated graduates,msc holders,phd holders 7 professors.,,,we need to get rid of pmb as soon as possible.

My guy, it would be appropriate if you can answer
these two questions.
1."Who is an illiterate?"
2.''Does certificatelessness amount to illiteracy?''
If you can not answer the above questions adequately
it means you are the illiterate because from your comment
Buhari who according to you is '' without to a certificate'' is far
better than you with a PHD in the school of common sense


an illiterate is someone tht says he is fighting corruption since he came into power & told us the masses tht he hasnt selected his cabinet yet for over 6 month coz he was searching for corrupt free citizenns to appoint as ministers but still went to appoint amaechi,fashola,fayemi,etc tht looted all the states they ruled & some has even being indicted by corruption tribunals from their respective states.
An illiterate is also someone tht disobeys court orders which shows he doesnt know anythng abt the rule of law & knows nothing abt the 1999 amended constitution.
an illiterste is someone tht ddidnt read a budget he submitted to the senate & went abt over the media to tell an international journalist during an interview tht she knows better than him abt his countrys budget.
an illiterate is someone tht the ppl he is rulling are passing thru hell queuing day & night at the filling station looking for fuell to power their generators coz he failed to provide them with basic & social aamenities like power.
an illiterate is someone tht the national grid dropped to 0mgw underr his regime,somethng tht has never happened anywhere in the world.
an illiterate is someone tht hasnt fulfiled one of his electoral promises since he came into power & he is busy junketering around the world with the little foreign reserve we have & notn to show for his junketering,,
to be continued,,,,,,,,,