Carlos A. Morales

Nigeria

Quick Facts Most populous country in Africa.

Seventh most populous country in the world.

Most populous country in the world in which the majority of the population is black.

Country Numbers Population

152,217,341 people GDP

Total: $374.323 billion Literacy rate

57.1% of total population Life Expectancy

47 years

Geography

Geography Resources

OilNatural gasPetroleumTinIron oreCoalLimestoneNiobiumLeadZinc

History Military Control

1966○ Group of military officers assassinated Prime

Minister ○ Took over under General Aguiyi-Ironsi

1975○ General Murtala Mohammed staged a coup

1976○ Coup and assassination and Olusegun Obasanjo

became head of state

History Constitution and independence 1999

Supreme law of the land Four laws of the land

English law-derived from British RuleCommon Law- development of post colonial

independenceCustomary Law- derived from traditionsSharia Law- used mostly in the northern Muslim

part of the country. Islamic legal system.

President before and after President

Olusegun Obasanjo

President Goodluck Jonathon

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

President Policy implementations

The Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000 ○ Agency whose mandate is to receive and

investigate reports of corruption.Niger Delta Development Commission Act 2000

○ Sole mandate is developing the petroleum-rich Niger-Delta region of southern Nigeria

Government Judicial

Under the 1999 constitution, the Supreme Court has both original and appellate jurisdictions, has the sole authority and jurisdiction to entertain appeals from Court of Appeal, having appellate jurisdiction over all lower federal courts and highest state courts. Decisions rendered by the court are binding on all courts in Nigeria except the Supreme Court itself.

Government Legislative

House of Representatives: Have 360 members which are elected for a 4 year term.

Senate: Has 109 members elected for a four year term.

A bill must be agreed by both senate and house before becoming a law.

Government

ExecutiveHead of State = Head of Government =

PresidentPowers include signing bills,

summoning national assembly, appointing commissions of inquiry, conferring honours, and pardoning offenders.

Government Political parties

People’s Democratic Party of Nigeria: has a neoliberal stance in its economic policies and maintains a conservative stance on certain social issues, such as same sex relations.

All Nigeria People’s Party: right-wing conservative party with mass appeal. The party draws its strength predominantly from Northern Nigeria.

Government

Political PartiesAlliance for Democracy: Progressive

opposition political party in Nigeria. Founded 1998 and was embroiled in a major tussle which eventually led to its merge to form the Action Congress Party.

Culture

EthnicitiesEthnic identities of Nigeria: Hausa-

Fulani, Igbo, and Yoruba.Local ethnic conflicts affects policy

outputs such as the construction of necessary buildings because some ethnicities don’t use them.

Government Military

The Nigerian Military are charged with protecting The Federal Republic of Nigeria, promoting Nigeria's global security interests, and supporting peacekeeping efforts especially in West Africa.

Keeping the peace.

Military

Nigeria Organizations

United Nations

The Commonwealth

The African Union

OPEC

Nigeria OPEC

Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela

Nigeria changed from agriculture production to petroleum exports.

Problem with OPEC is that they are reducing their own quotas to raise the prices.

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