Impeachment & Removal in Nigerian Democracy
Publisher: Lifegate Publishing Co. Ltd.
Published: April, 2009
Place of publication: Ibadan, Nigeria
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 329
Table of contents: title: The Beginning; title: Chapter One; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Meaning, Purpose and Importance of Impeachment and Removal of Principal Public Officers; title: 3. History of Impeachment and Removal in Nigeria; title: The Legislature; title: Chapter Two; title: 1. The Legislature; title: 2. Analysis of the Provisions for the Removal of Legislative Officials; title: 3. Removal of Legislative Leadership; title: 4. Vacation of Legislative Seats by the Dissolution of the House; title: 5. Vacation of Legislative Seats by other Reasons than the Dissolution of the House; title: 6. Removal of Legislative Leaders by Legislative Votes; title: 7. Removal of Legislative Members; title: 8. Cross-Carpeting or Defection from Party to Party; title: 9. Where a Legislative Member becomes a Member of the Executive or Judicial or Other House or Constitutional Body; title: 10. Absence from Legislative Sitting; title: 11. Vacation of Legislative Seat by Recall Election; title: 12. Giving Effect to the Provisions on the Forfeiture of Legislative Seats; title: 13. Suspension or Expulsion from the Platform Party; title: 14. Justiciability of the Removal of Legislative Members; title: The Judiciary; title: Chapter Three; title: 1. The Judiciary; title: 2. Analysis of the Provisions for the Removal of Judicial Officers; title: 3. Grounds for the Removal of Judicial Officers; title: 4. The National Judicial Council; title: 5. The Issue of Suspension of the Judicial Officers; title: 6. Retired or Removed Judicial Official Acting as Legal Practitioners; title: The Executive; title: Chapter Four; title: 1. The Executive; title: 2. Provisions Relating to the Removal of the Executive Heads under the 1999 Constitution; title: 3. Analysis of the Provisions Relating to the Removal Proceedings against the Executive; title: 4. Service of Notice of Allegation of Gross Misconduct; title: Chapter Five; title: 1. The Appointment and the Work of the Panel of Inquiry; title: Chapter Six; title: 1. The Power and Procedure of the Panel of Inquiry; title: 2. The Indispensability of the Panel of Inquiry to be Set up by the Chief Justice of Nigeria or Chief Judge of a State; title: 3. Panel of Inquiry and Fair Hearing; title: Chapter Seven; title: 1. Gross Misconduct for the Purpose of Removal of Principal Public Officers; title: 2. Permanent Incapacity to Perform Official Functions; title: Chapter Eight; title: 1. The Tenure or Life Span of the Panel of Inquiry; title: 2. The Report of the Panel of Inquiry; title: Chapter Nine; title: 1. The Roles of The Senate President or Speaker of the House of Assembly in the Removal of the Executive Official; title: 2. The Place of Meeting for the Removal of the Executive Official; title: 3.The Time of Meeting for the Removal of the Executive Official; title: 4. Voting Requirement in the Removal of Governor or Deputy Governor; title: Chapter Ten; title: 1. The Issue of Immunity of the Investigated Executive Officer; title: 2. The Prosecution of the Executive Officer before the Panel of Inquiry; title: Chapter Eleven; title: 1. Cause of Action in the Removal of the Principal Public Officer; title: 2. The Role of the Judiciary And the Issue of Jurisdiction of Court in Impeachment Matters; title: The End; title: Chapter Twelve; title: 1. Issues of Locus Standi and Joinder of Necessary Parties in Impeachment Matters; title: 2. The Reliefs of the Plaintiff in Unlawful Removal Cases; title: Chapter Thirteen; title: 1. Factors Responsible for Impeachment in Nigeria; title: 2. Conclusion