What are the demerits of unicameral legislature?
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Disadvantages of Unicameral Legislature:
•Unicameral legislature does not make room for adequate and equal representation in a country as large as Nigeria.
•A unicameral legislature creates room for the emergence of a dictatorial head of state because it does not check excesses as well as a bicameral legislature. The absence of a second chamber removes those moments of sober reflection on laws that are passed. It also creates the opportunity for a government to use the single chamber to force obnoxious laws through, especially if it has majority in the chamber.
•Another disadvantage of a unicameral legislature is that the members of the chamber can be unduly influenced especially by a ruling government that has majority in parliament but sometimes also by the minority party.
•Unicameral legislatures do not allow bills to be properly debated before they hastily passed.
•In a unicameral legislature, it is only one chamber that does all the work. There is no opportunity for assistance from a second chamber.