Delegated legislation has to be controlled because it promotes the growth of executive and bureaucratic power. In other words, delegated legislation relieves the legislature of its responsibility and strengthens the executive. This development is inevitable and it raises the need for effective control of delegated legislation. It can be controlled in the following ways.

Public Opinion is a barometer by which public office holders measure public response to their action or inaction. A democratic government cannot therefore afford to ignore public opinion unless it is living in a fool’s paradise. But what is public opinion may be no more than the views, of a vocal few or of the promoters of media outfits.