Ladi Hamalai Author

Ladi Hamalai is Director-General of the National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS), Nigeria. An Associate Professor, she holds a Doctorate Degree in Development Studies from the University of Sussex, UK. She lectured in the University of Maiduguri and Nigerian Defence Academy from 1982 to 2003.

Samuel Egwu is Professor of Political Science at the University of Jos, Nigeria. He previously worked as the Governance Adviser to the United Nations Development Programme in Nigeria. He has published extensively on governance in Nigeria. He was a member of the 2014 National Conference as a Kogi State delegate to chart a new political course for the country.

J. Shola Omotola is Professor of Political Science and Head of the Political Science Department, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. He has a PhD in Comparative African Politics and Governance from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His primary research interests are in comparative African governance institutions, democratization and election studies, and legislative studies.