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Between 1970 and 1980 during the implementation of the Second and Third plans, tremendous investment was diverted to the road sector leading to road standards with posted speeds of 100 kmh more than the previous 56-80 kmh. [4] [5] In 1978, the opening of the four lane dual Lagos-Ibadan expressway, marked the first expressway in the country. [6]
The House of Representatives (also called Green Chamber) is the lower chamber of Nigeria's bicameral National Assembly. [1] The Green Chamber has 360 members who are elected in single-member constituencies using the plurality (or first-past-the-post) system, most recently in 2023. Members serve four-year terms.
Lists of state governors of Nigeria (53 P) Pages in category "Lists of political office-holders in Nigeria" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Federal Road Safety Corps; National Energy Council; Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission; National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NaHCON) [10] Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) Federal Character Commission
The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Nigeria a "hybrid regime" in 2019. The federal government, state, and local governments of Nigeria aim to work cooperatively to govern the nation and its people. Nigeria became a member of the British Commonwealth upon its independence from British colonial rule on 1 October 1960.
Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. As of 2015 Nigeria has the world's 20th largest economy, worth more than $500 billion and $1 trillion in terms of nominal GDP and purchasing power parity respectively. It overtook South Africa to become Africa's ...
[1] [2] However, the Constitution of Nigeria as amended in 1999 permits freedom of assembly, associations and civil societies irrespective of the geopolitical zones, ethnic groups and languages. [3] Civil societies plays a key role in the nation's development and growth. [4] Below is a list of notable civil societies in Nigeria: Oodua Peoples ...
Nigeria has 36 states that each elect a governor to serve as chief executive of the state government. The sole federal district , the Federal Capital Territory , is headed by a minister appointed by the president to oversee the administration.