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Nigeria Flashcards

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Original government system

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Westminster Parliamentary model

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3 major ethnicities

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Hausa-Fulani(29%), Yoruba(21%), Igbo(18%)

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Largest disease

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HIV/AIDS

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Parastatals (4)

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  • State-Owned Enterprises
  • provide public utilities
  • control major industries
  • provide commercial and social welfare services
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Exports depends solely on :

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Oil (90%)

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British rule and its effect

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  • Indirect rule: local traditional rulers and political structures were used to help support the colonial governing structure.
  • the north( having benefited less from economic, educational, and infrastructural benefits of colonialism) set out to redistribute resources to their benefit; “northernization”
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Clientelism

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Liked to clients by ethnic, religious, or cultural ties

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Obasanjo’s greates economic achievement

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Paying off most of nigeria’s foreign debt

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Abacha (5)

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  • prolonged traditional military dominance, combining repression with frequent public promises to restore constitutional democracy.
  • (like babangida) he announced a new program of transition to civilian rule and regularly delayed the steps in its implementation.
  • cracked down on political opposition, constricted civil liberties and political rights, and formented corruption on a massive scale.
  • allowed all the oil refineries to collapse(had to import oil).
  • his family was put into political power and monopolized contracts.
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Babangida (4)

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  • announced a program to democratic rule.
  • stalling tactics to extend time in office.
  • became infamous for his administration
  • SAP
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Effects of oil (2)

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  • generated tremendous income.

- became a source of external dependency and damaged the economy.

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North (6)

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  • hausa-fulani
  • muslim
  • neglected by the british
  • ruled
  • more populated
  • maintained identity
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South (4)

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  • yoruba and igbo
  • favored by the british
  • oil
  • christians
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2 worst leaders

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Abacha and Babangida

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Religion

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For muslims, the shari’a represents a way of life and supreme(personal) law that transcends secular and state law; for christians, the expansion of the shari’a law threatens the secular nature of the nigerian state and their position within it.

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PDP - People’s Democratic Party

(3)

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  • party of obasanjo(62% votes in 2003; christian from north
  • PDP gained majority in national assembly
  • voter fraud
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ANPP - All Nigera People’s Party

(3)

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  • general buhari
  • muslims from north
  • ran against obasanjo
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Elections (3)

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  • national levels, citizens vote for the president, repres. to the national assembly, and senators from their states
  • presidents must receive 25% of the votes in 2/3 if the state
  • senate has 109 senators, 3 from each of the 36 states
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Media (4)

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  • well developed, independent press
  • press reflects ethnic divisions in the country
  • outspoken and critical newspapers mainly in the south
  • radio is the main source of information
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Judiciary and cases (5)

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  • judicial review suspended
  • responsible for interpreting laws in accordance with constitution(jr).
  • shari’a courts parallel to british model.
  • Winner of the 1993 election, abiolao was detained and died in custody.
  • in 1995, activist ken saro-wiwa, and 8 others were detained and executed under court orders arranged by the military.
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SAP - structural adjustment program

(2)

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  • nigeria seeks assistance from international organizations to deal with debt crisis
  • world bank and IFM involvement( restructure nigerian economy, privatize parastatals, and cut government spending)
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Privatization (2)

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  • SOE’s would be sold to private investors.

- intended to generate revenue, reduce state expenditures, and improve efficiency.

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EFCC - Economic and Financial Criminal Commission

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Nigerian law enforcement agency that investigates financial crimes

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Economic collapse (3)

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  • biafra war
  • drought that led to famine
  • production of oil
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Women role (2)

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  • underrepresented at all levels of the government system

- dominated agricultural production( also trading)

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Groups responsible for instability in Niger Delta

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Ijaw ( maybe MEND)

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How did obasajo stay in power?

(3)

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  • gained control of the PDP
  • massive fraud
  • manipulate yar’adua

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