International Journal of Academic Management Science Research (IJAMSR)   Year: 2020 | Volume: 4 | Issue: 5 | Page No.: 116-126 State Legislature and Democratic Governance in Nigeria: A Case Study of Enugu State House of Assembly 2015-2018 Chibuike E Madubuegwu, Obiageli Otiji, PhD, Vincent Onyia, O, Ejieji-Ezeibe Peace Ijeoma Abstract: Democratic governance is a popular expectation within developing and advanced democracies. In developing federating polity like Nigeria, it becomes expedient in view of failed governance, dysfunctional state structures, recessive economy, widespread public distrust, centrifugal tendencies and docility of the masses. The empirical study therefore examines critically the failures of decentralized legislative structure, Enugu state house of assembly in upholding values of democratic governance in deference to public anxieties and expectations. The methodology of this study is survey design where the researchers explored the import of secondary (text books, journal articles, magazines, government bulletins) and primary (questionnaire) instruments of data collection. The population size of the case study (Enugu state) is 800 where the researchers adopted Taro Yamini formula to reach the sample size of 400. In reference to the method of data analysis, the researchers used likert mean scale with a calculated mean of 3.5 to elicits and validate responses from the returned questionnaire of 389. Furthermore, the study revealed that there are obvious failures bedeviling Enugu state house of assembly towards democratic governance. The work therefore recommend advocacy, compelling legislations, effective opposition process, public enthusiasm amid other fundamentals towards democratic governance that is prudently driven by state legislature.