International records / OpenAlex research

10.51847/wLz1SFMk8N

The objective of this paper is to examines the intrigues, power play and accusations surrounding the National Assembly budgetary allocations between 1999 and 2016.This is because since it was inaugurated in June 1999, the Legislature of Nigeria's Fourth Republic has been roundly defined as an enigmatic one, due to the many twists and turns which accompanied its leadership and membership.It is no longer news that Nigerian legislators are the highest paid lawmakers in the world.When this fact was first revealed a few years ago, the federal lawmakers tried to justify the jumbo pay package without…