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Politics Of NigeriaCountry 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 Captial 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: 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
- 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 Peoples Party or ANPP Alhaji Yusuf Ali; Alliance for Democracy or AD Yusuf Mamman; Peoples 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 - See also: Nigeria, List of Presidents of Nigeria
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