NIGERIA Flashcards
WORD
Upheaval
Legitimacy
Charismatic and/or Rational-Legal
Colonial History
- various empires
- Islam arrives in early 1800’s
- UK colonizes and splits it into South and North Nigeria Protectorate
- Colonialism ended after WW2
- Nigeria was between the UK past and the future republics
1st Republic
- Government: VERY similar to UK
- Several constitutions
- Coup d’etat and counter coup by military
- Military legitimacy (??)
Nigerian Civil War - More coups and military crap
- COUPS
2nd Republic
- Government: abandoned the UK style and moved to a US inspired gov.
- New constitution
- Military in power after fraudulent election
- MILITARY RULE
3rd Republic
Never really got off the ground and the constitution was never fully implemented
4th Republic
- Government: federal republic, presidential, representative democracy
- hyper-federalism
- constitution #5
2007
the FIRST civilian-to-civilian transfer of power in the country’s history
STUDY MAP
comparative corner 2
Head of State
- President
- 4 yr term, 2 term limit
- Qualifications: nigerian citizen by birth,35+ y/o, educated to at least school certificate level
President Trend
BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ETHNIC AND RELIGION
- 1st: Military, Northerner, Christian, PDP
- 2nd: Northerner, Muslim, PDP
- 3rd: Southern, Christian, PDP
- 4th: Northerner, Muslim, APC
- 5th, Southwest, Muslim, APC
Cabinet
- parastatal
- 43 ministers, 24 federal ministries
- appointed by the president BUT constrained constitutionally to include at least one member from each of the 36 states
Parastatal
state owned enterprise and government owned enterprise (controls through full, majority, and significant minority ownership)
National Assembly - House of Representatives
- 360 members apportioned by state population
- single member districts
- 4 yr term, no term limits
AKA THE GREEN CHAMBER
- Nigerian citizen
- 30+ y/o
- registered voter and political party participant
Similarity between the parts of the National Assembly
people are chosen by a direct election by popular vote
no staggering of elections
National Assembly - Senate
- 109 Members
- 3 senators per state
- 1 for FCT
- 4 yr term, no term limits
- Nigerian citizen
- 35+ y/o
- not a former convict
Presidental power and Responsibilities
- HEAD OF STATE AND HEAD OF GOVERNMENT
- assent and sign bills
- referring a bill to be reconsidered
- summon the Assembly
- foreign diplomacy
(approve domestic legislation and conduct foreign policy)
Creating a Bill
- Introduce the bill to any part of the Assembly
- Debated and considered (First reading)
- Second Reading
- Referenced to a committee
- reported
- Third Reading
- Signed by Assembly and President (Prez might veto, which can be override by 2/3 vote by both houses of the Assembly)
