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Title: | The working of the presidential system of government under the 1989 Nigerian constitution |
Author: | Davies, A.E. |
Year: | 1992 |
Periodical: | African Notes: Bulletin of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan |
Volume: | 16 |
Issue: | 1-2 |
Pages: | 56-70 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | presidential systems constitutions 1989 heads of State |
Abstract: | The Nigerian constitution of 1989 is federal and presidential. It espouses the doctrine of separation of powers and makes provision for checks and balances at the federal and state level in order to prevent tyranny. It makes no mention of local government in this respect, however, and a number of decrees had to be promulgated in order to introduce the presidential system and the doctrine of separation of powers at the local government level. Cooperation, especially between the legislative and executive organs, is a sine qua non for the viability of a presidential system. The many areas of potential conflict between the legislative and executive organs at the state and local government level, notably conflicts which arise from the exercise of constitutional powers by the legislature, make it imperative that Nigeria's nascent presidential system be allowed to mature so that its operators will have the time to acquire sufficient political skill and sagacity to make it work. Note, ref. |