Legislative Cross-carpeting, Multiparty System and the Challenges of Democratic Good Governance in Nigeria

The legislature is unarguably the fulcrum upon which democracy rests. Democracy, in this context, representative government. Thus, institution of as an assembly elected representatives becomes engine room structural framework democratic governance built. As history has shown, beauty greatly enhanced by a healthy multi-party system wherein from different party backgrounds engage one another alongside ideological positions with view to deliberating on issue and socio-economic well-being people. Legislative cross-carpeting Nigeria becoming norm rather than exigency, taking negative toll capacity legislatures fulfill their mandates against functioning merely rubber-stamp annexes executive/ruling party. This study examines impacts wanton cross-carpeting, often times bereft any underpinning, that have characterized legislative assemblies its implications good governance. Among others, it concludes concrete legal political frameworks must be developed check direction Nigeria’s houses if entrenched.