The Challenges Of The Doctrine Of Separation Of Powers Under The 1999 Nigerian Constitution

ABSTRACT The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) made the theory of separation of powers a fundamental principle of state governance. The 1999 Constitution in different sections vested the powers of government in separate organs of government as follows: Section 4 deals with the Legislative powers; Section 5 deals with the Executive powers, while Section 6 is concerned with Judicial powers. This kind of separation of powers is known as the horizontal separation of powers. The founders of the doctrine of Separation of power discovered that a water-tight applicati…