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Federal government of Nigeria
Coat of arms of Nigeria
Formation
1 October 1963 (60 years ago) (1963-10-01)
Founding document
Constitution of Nigeria
Jurisdiction
Nigeria
Legislative branch
Legislature
National Assembly
Meeting place
National Assembly Complex
Executive branch
Leader
President of Nigeria
Headquarters
Aso Rock Presidential Villa
Main organ
Cabinet
Judicial branch
Court
Supreme Court
Seat
Abuja, FCT
Politics of Nigeria
Constitution
Human rights
Government
President (list)
Bola Tinubu
Vice President
Kashim Shettima
Cabinet
Federal Parastatals
Legislature
National Assembly of Nigeria
Senate
President Godswill Akpabio (APC)
Deputy President Barau Jibrin (APC)
(List of members of the Senate)
House of Representatives
Speaker Abbas Tajudeen (APC)
Deputy Speaker Benjamin Okezie Kalu (APC)
(List of members of the House)
State delegations
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
Nasarawa
Niger
Ogun
Ondo
Osun
Oyo
Plateau
Rivers
Sokoto
Taraba
Yobe
Zamfara
FCT
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Subdivisions
States
State governors
Local Government Areas
Elections
Recent elections
Presidential: 2015
2019
2023
Parliamentary: 2015
2019
2023
Political parties
Foreign relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister: Yusuf Tuggar
Diplomatic missions of / in Nigeria
Nationality law
Passport
Visa requirements
Visa policy
Nigeria portal
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The federal government of Nigeria is composed of three distinct branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial, whose powers are vested and bestowed upon them by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the National Assembly, the president, and lastly the federal courts, which includes the Supreme Court which is regarded as the highest court in Nigeria.[1] One of the major functions of the constitution is that it provides for separation and balance of powers among the three branches and aims to prevent the repetition of past mistakes made by the government. Other functions of the constitution include a division of power between the federal government and the states, and protection of various individual liberties of the nation's citizens.[2][3][4]
Nigerian politics takes place within a framework of a federal and presidential republic and a representative democracy, in which executive power is held by the president.[5] Legislative power is held by the federal government and the two chambers of the legislature: the House of Representatives and the Senate, the legislative branch of Nigeria is responsible for and possesses powers for legislating laws. Together, the two chambers make up the law-making body in Nigeria,[6] called the national assembly, which serves as a check on the executive arm of government. The National Assembly of Nigeria (NASS) is the democratically elected body that represents the interests of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and its people, makes laws for Nigeria and holds the Government of Nigeria to account. The National Assembly (NASS) is the nation's highest legislature, whose power to make laws is summarized in chapter one, section four of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution. Sections 47–49 of the 1999 Constitution state inter alia that "There shall be a National Assembly (NASS) for the federation which shall consist of two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives."[7][8][9] The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Nigeria a "hybrid regime" in 2019.[10] The federal government, state, and local governments of Nigeria aim to work cooperatively to govern the nation and its people.[11] Nigeria became a member of the British Commonwealth upon its independence from British colonial rule on 1 October 1960.[12]
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