NIGERIA

Question 1

WORD

Answer 1

Upheaval

Question 2

Legitimacy

Answer 2

Charismatic and/or Rational-Legal

Question 3

Colonial History

Answer 3

• 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

Question 4

1st Republic

Answer 4

• 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

Question 5

2nd Republic

Answer 5

• Government: abandoned the UK style and moved to a US inspired gov.
• New constitution
• Military in power after fraudulent election
• MILITARY RULE

Question 6

3rd Republic

Answer 6

Never really got off the ground and the constitution was never fully implemented

Question 7

4th Republic

Answer 7

• Government: federal republic, presidential, representative democracy
• hyper-federalism
• constitution #5

Question 8

2007

Answer 8

the FIRST civilian-to-civilian transfer of power in the country’s history

Question 9

STUDY MAP

Answer 9

comparative corner 2

Question 10

Head of State

Answer 10

• President
• 4 yr term, 2 term limit
• Qualifications: nigerian citizen by birth,35+ y/o, educated to at least school certificate level

Question 11

President Trend

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Cabinet

Answer 12

• 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

Question 13

Parastatal

Answer 13

state owned enterprise and government owned enterprise (controls through full, majority, and significant minority ownership)

Question 14

National Assembly - House of Representatives

Answer 14

• 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

Question 15

Similarity between the parts of the National Assembly

Answer 15

people are chosen by a direct election by popular vote

no staggering of elections

Question 16

National Assembly - Senate

Answer 16

• 109 Members
• 3 senators per state
• 1 for FCT
• 4 yr term, no term limits
• Nigerian citizen
• 35+ y/o
• not a former convict

Question 17

Presidental power and Responsibilities

Answer 17

• 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)

Question 18

Creating a Bill

Answer 18

• 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)