Writing on characterisation and classification of tribunals and inquiries in Nigeria is like embarking on a hazardous journey, in which the path is full of mines; one only hopes that one would arrive at one's destination, in spite of the risk of injuries. This statement appears discouraging, but it candidly represents the truth about tribunals and inquiries in Nigeria. Instead of getting a clear, well defined system as in Britain, from where Nigeria copies the system, what is found is a proliferation of unclear, untidy and sometimes muddled-up bodies called "tribunals" or "inquiries" or "panels" or "commissions" or "committees", with the words used interchangeably even when what the body is intended to do is completely the opposite. One major reason for this untidy situation is not the paucity of ideas of administrators but the unsteady political atmosphere in the country, which accounts for unsteady policies and the resultant confusion. It is a common feature for new governments to dismantle bodies set up by the previous regimes on the grounds of improvement, but to end by setting up other untidy bodies, that may later be equally dismantled by a succeeding government.
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