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: $ billion  Literacy rate 57.1% of total population  Life Expectancy 47 years

Geography

 Resources Oil Natural gas Petroleum Tin Iron ore Coal Limestone Niobium Lead Zinc

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 Rule Common Law- development of post colonial independence Customary Law- derived from traditions Sharia 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  Executive Head of State = Head of Government = President Powers 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 Parties Alliance 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  Ethnicities Ethnic 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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