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Prebendalism and Budget Authorization in the Nigerian Legislature

In recent times, the process by which the parliament approves budget estimate from the chief executive has being hijacked by self-serving elements in the National Assembly at the detriment of the masses.Reports abound on how the Nigerian parliament made themselves the highest paid law makers in the whole world, cases of law makers demanding bribes from ministries in which they have oversight functions on have been reported severally.This paper attempts to discuss the effects of the prebendalists on budget authorization, and the means through which they prebendalize during the process of budget…