Bills passed by the legislature usually requires the approval of the following except_______

1. Analyze the question The question asks who does NOT need to approve (assent to) a bill after the legislature has passed it. The word "except" means that three options are involved in approval and one is not.

2. Explain the concept After a bill passes the legislature, it goes to the executive head for assent, which makes it law.

• In a presidential system such as Nigeria, the President gives assent at the federal level and the Governor gives assent at the state level.
• In a constitutional monarchy such as the UK, the Monarch gives royal assent.
• Members of the House of Representatives are part of the legislature. They debate and vote on the bill, so they are the ones who pass it. They are not an outside authority that approves it afterwards.

3. Step-by-step solution

• A. Governor: approves state bills (assent). ✔ involved
• B. Member, House of Representatives: part of the law-making body itself, so this is not the approving authority after passage. ✘
• C. Monarch: gives royal assent in a monarchy. ✔ involved
• D. President: gives assent to federal bills. ✔ involved

4. Answer The odd one out is B. Member, House of Representatives.

5. Exam tip Remember the sequence: Legislature passes → Executive assents → Law. When a question asks about "approval after passage," think of the head of the executive (President, Governor or Monarch), not the legislators who voted on the bill.