International records / OpenAlex research

The interface between customary law and local government legislation in Nigeria: A retrospect and prospect

An evolutionary examination of democratic governance in Nigeria throws up a lot of gap which metaphorically are in need of surgical operations. Not only are the existing statute almost a near departure from what obtains in practice, politicians and technocrats carry on as if all the grey areas that have constituted a cog in the operation of a just, equitable, accountable and democratic system are immutable to change. While customary law is recognized as the organic living law of the people at the grassroots level, the local government legislature do not have anything to do with this important …