Politics of Nigeria
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Template:Politics of Nigeria
Country name:
conventional long form:
Federal Republic of Nigeria
conventional short form:
Nigeria
Data code: NI
Government type: republic.
Capital: Abuja
note:
on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially moved from Lagos to Abuja; many government offices remain in Lagos pending completion of facilities in Abuja
Administrative divisions: 36 states and 1 territory*; Federal Capital Territory (Abuja)*, Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara
Independence: 1 October 1960 (from UK)
National holiday: Independence Day, 1 October (1960)
Constitution: NA 1999 new constitution adopted
Legal system: based on English common law, Islamic law, and tribal law
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state and head of government:
President Olusegun Obasanjo (since 29 May 1999); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
cabinet:
Federal Executive Council
elections:
president is elected by popular vote for no more than two four-year terms; election last held 2003
election results:
- Olusegun Obasanjo (PDP): 61.9% - elected.
- Muhammadu Buhari (ANPP): 32.2%
- Emeka Ojukwu (APGA): 3.3%
- Other candidates (17): 2.6%
Legislative branch:
bicameral National Assembly consists of Senate (109 seats, three from each state and one from the Federal Capital Territory; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) and House of Representatives (360 seats, members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections:
- Senate - last held 2003
- People’s Democratic Party (PDP): 53.7%; 73 seats
- All Nigerian People’s Party (ANPP): 27.9%; 28 seats
- Alliance for Democracy (AD): 9.7%; 6 seats
- APGA: 1.5%; 0 seats
- Other parties: 7.2%; 0 seats
- Vacant: 2 seats
- House of Representatives - last held 2003
- PDP: 54.5%; 213 seats
- ANPP: 27.4%; 95 seats
- AD: 9.3%; 31 seats
- APGA: 1.4%; 2 seats
- Other parties: 7.4%; 5 seats
- Vacant: 14 seats
Judicial branch: Supreme Court, judges appointed by the Provisional Ruling Council; Federal Court of Appeal, judges are appointed by the federal government on the advice of the Advisory Judicial Committee
Political parties and leaders: All Nigeria People’s Party or ANPP Alhaji Yusuf Ali; Alliance for Democracy or AD Yusuf Mamman; People’s Democratic Party or PDP Barnabas Gemade
International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, C, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, NAM, OAU, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNITAR, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNMOP, UNMOT, UNU, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
Flag description: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green