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Welcome to Nigeria!

Welcome to Nigeria!. By: Abbey Cherry, Kevin Poe, and Jessica Martin. Nigeria: Sovereignty, Authority, and Power. Became one indivisible sovereign state after breaking away from U.K. in 1960 Governed according to a constitution Worked with 5 previous constitutions

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Welcome to Nigeria!

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  1. Welcome to Nigeria! By: Abbey Cherry, Kevin Poe, and Jessica Martin

  2. Nigeria: Sovereignty, Authority, and Power • Became one indivisible sovereign state after breaking away from U.K. in 1960 • Governed according to a constitution • Worked with 5 previous constitutions • Currently adopted the philosophy that no constitution is perfect • In recent news in 2001 they adopted a new constitution • Nigeria has a government system similar to ours with like distribution of power and authority

  3. Nigeria: Political Institutions • A Federal Republic • Power is divided • Three Branches of Government • Executive • President and Vice President • Highest power • In charge of running government in general • Judicial • Oversees the legal system • Stop other branches from abusing power • Legislative • National Assembly • Senate • House of Representatives • Make laws

  4. Political Institutions Continued • Six political parties • Committee for National Consensus • Democratic Party of Nigeria • Grassroots Democratic Movement • National Centre Party of Nigeria • United Nigerian Congress Party • Justice Party

  5. Citizens, Society, and the State • Official Language of Nigeria is English • Ethnically Diverse Nation • Population of 133 million people • Made up of over 250 ethnic groups

  6. Nigeria: Political and Economic Change • Political Change • Attempted to change the Constitution to allow for 3rd Presidential term • Drew criticism within Nigeria and Internationally • 2005 Constitutional Review • Economic Change • Nigeria received $30 billion in debt relief from the Paris Club • In 2001 the government announced a new poverty reduction program to which $231 million was allotted • Previous Program fell short of it’s aim for 200,000 new jobs

  7. Public Policy • Their government is based on English common law, Islamic law, and customary law. • Each Nigerian state government has exclusive responsibility for the promotion and development of local culture. • Basically if what you are doing pertains to integration of culture the government will not appose it.

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