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Nigeria Country Study
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... Kerry Nierenberg AP Comparative Government 7th Hour 4-4-09 Nigeria Country Study Section I: Les Regles de Jeu * Constitutional Structure - The Constitution of Nigeria is the supreme law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The first constitution was drafted in 1960 for the 1st Republic. This was rewritten in 1979 to establish a Westminster system of government that reflected an American Presidential system, with a directly elected executive. The current constitution is the 1999 Constitution. It was adopted in its original form on May 29, 1999 in Abuja, at the dawn of the Nigerian Fourth Republic. The constitution has almost constantly been put up for revising; three attempts at revisions have been made in the past decade. * Electoral Systems - Nigeria elects on federal level a head of state, the President of Nigeria, and a legislature, the National Assembly. The president is elected by the people. The National Assembly has two chambers. The House of













