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v. t. e. The Nigerian presidential line of succession is the set order of Nigerian government officials who may become or act as president upon the incapacity, death, resignation, or removal from office (by impeachment and subsequent disqualification) of a sitting president or a president-elect. The line of succession is set out in the Nigerian ...
The President of Nigeria, officially the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the head of state and head of government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The president directs the Executive Branch of the Federal Government and is the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The offices, powers, and titles of the head of ...
Until the abolition of the post of Prime Minister in 1966, the SGF served as the principal cabinet secretary in the Federal Executive Council. Upon the assumption of President Muhammadu Buhari to office in 2015, many powers conferred to the Secretary to the Government to the point that some political analysts said that he wielded more power than the Vice President. [2]
Mudiaga Odje was born in the town of Evwreni, in Delta State, Nigeria. He was one of eight sons. After leaving school, he trained at the Government Teachers’ Training College in Warri from 1944 to 1945. He then taught at the N.A. Schools in Uzere and Ughelli, the Salvation Army School, Sapele, and Urhobo College, Effurun from 1946 to 1954.
Deputy President of the Senate. The president of the Nigerian Senate is the presiding officer of the Senate of Nigeria, elected by its membership. The senate president is second in line of succession to the Nigerian presidency, after the Vice President of Nigeria. The current President of the Senate is Godswill Akpabio since 13 June 2023. [1][2]
Politics of Nigeria. The federal government of Nigeria is composed of three distinct branches: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial, whose powers are vested and bestowed upon by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. [1] One of the primary functions of the constitution is that it provides for separation and balance of ...
The vice president of Nigeria is the second-highest official in the executive branch of the federal government of Nigeria, after the president of Nigeria, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. Officially styled vice president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the vice president is directly elected together with the president ...
The current constitution of Nigeria has the president of Nigeria as the head of state and government. [1] From 1960 to 1963, the head of state under the Constitution of 1960 was the queen of Nigeria, Elizabeth II who was also the queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The monarch was represented in Nigeria by a governor ...