Nigeria Case Study Flashcards
1
Q
Essential political features:
- legislative-executive system
- legislature:
- lower house:
- upper house:
- division of power:
- electoral system for lower house:
- chief judicial body:
A
- presidential
- National Assembly
- house of representatives
- federal division of power
- state is the main geographic subunit
- single member district plurality for lower house
- Supreme Court
2
Q
Features of constitution
A
- established in 1999 upon the founding of the fourth republic
- weak institutions
- based off of US presidential model
3
Q
President:
- how elected and how running mate
- appoints what
A
-elected by the people; they chose a running mate who automatically becomes VP; chooses federal executive council charged with implementing programs and policies of the federal government)
4
Q
Federal charter principle
A
Nigerian President must appoint ministers from each of the states and represent all different ethnic groups
-also applies to civil service and government bureaucracy
5
Q
House of reps
- members
- terms
- election method
A
- 360 members
- 4 year renewable terms
- SMD
6
Q
Senate
- seats
- election method
- term
A
- 109 seats
- SMD
- 4 year renewable terms
7
Q
Electoral system
- terms
- president requirements
- zoning definition
A
- everyone (President, representatives, and senators) all serve 4 year terms
- President must have National majority of votes and 25% of the vote in 2/3 of the state’s
- zoning = party alternates north and south candidates every two terms
