Nigerian Government

Nigeria: Government

Nigeria is a federal republic with 36 states and the federal capital territory Abuja, which is the capital of Nigeria. Each state on its own is made up of several local governments such that on the whole, there are 774 local governments in Nigeria. Every state in Nigeria generates its own revenues (in addition to that offered by the federal government) to finance the activities of the state. The presence of local governments in Nigeria establishes three distinct but connected levels or tiers of government in Nigeria: the federal Government, the state and local governments.

The federal government supervises the affairs of the state government which in like manner oversees the activities of the local government. The local governments carry out grassroot development in Nigeria.

Nigeria operates the Presidential system of Government with three distinct but complementary arms namely the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary, each, acting as a check on the other two.

The executive arm of government in Nigeria

The Executive arm of Government, at the Federal level, consists of the President, the Vice-president and other members of the Federal Executive Council, while at the State level; it is made up of the Governor, the Deputy Governor and other members of the State Executive Council. The President, The Governor, their Deputies, as well as members of the Legislature at both Federal and State levels are elected, under the present constitution, for four years, renewable only once.

The Nigerian legislature

The Legislature is equally found at the Federal and State levels. The Federal Legislature comprises a 109- member Senate, three representatives coming from each state plus one from Abuja; and a 360-member House of Representatives. The two, combined, is known as the National Assembly (the equivalent of the American Congress). At the State level, the Legislature is known as the House of Assembly.

The Nigerian judiciary

The Judiciary interprets the laws and adjudicates in conflicts between the Executive and the Legislature. It carries out these functions through the various established courts. The Supreme Court is the highest court of the land, followed by the Court of Appeal, the Federal High Court, Magistrate Court, Area Court and Customary Court. In the Nigerian Supreme Court, judges are recommended by the National Judicial Council and appointed by the president; In Nigeria’s Federal Court of Appeal, judges are appointed by the federal government from a pool of judges recommended by the National Judicial Council.

The 36 Nigerian states and their capital:

Abia State – Umuahia
Adamawa State – Yola
Akwa Ibom State – Uyo
Anambra State – Awka
Bauchi State – Bauchi
Bayelsa State – Yenagoa
Benue State – Makurdi
Borno State – Maiduguri
Cross River State – Calabar
Delta State – Asaba
Ebonyi State – Abakaliki
Edo State – Benin City
Ekiti State – Ado-Ekiti
Enugu State – Enugu
Federal Capital Territory Abuja
Gombe State – Gombe
Imo State – Owerri
Jigawa State – Dutse
Kaduna State – Kaduna
Kano State – Kano
Katsina State – Katsina
Kebbi State – Birnin Kebbi
Kogi State – Lokoja
Kwara State – Ilorin
Lagos State – Ikeja
Nassarawa State – Lafia
Niger State – Minna
Ogun State – Abeokuta
Ondo State – Akure
Osun State – Oshogbo
Oyo State – Ibadan
Plateau State – Jos
Rivers State – Port Harcourt
Sokoto State – Sokoto
Taraba State – Jalingo
Yobe State – Damaturu
Zamfara State – Gusau

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