Nigeria Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria

Type: military government since 31 December 1983

Capital: Lagos

Political subdivisions: 19 states, headed by appointed military governors

Legal system: based on English common law and Islamic and tribal law

National holiday: Independence Day, I October

Branches: Armed Forces Ruling Council;

National Council of Ministers and National Council of States; judiciary headed by Supreme Court

Government leader: Ibrahim BABAN-GIDA, President and Commander in Chief of Armed Forces (since August 1985)

Suffrage: none

Elections: last national elections under civilian rule held August-September 1983

Political parties and leaders: all political parties banned after 31 December 1983

Communists: the pro-Communist underground comprises a fraction of the small Nigerian left; leftist leaders are prominent in the country’s central labor organization but have little influence on government

Member of: AfDB, APC, Commonwealth, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IRC, ISO, ITC, ITU, IWC—International Wheat Council, I ,ake Chad Basin Commission, Niger River Commission, NAM, OAU, OPEC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO, WTO

NOTE: The information regarding Nigeria on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Nigeria 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Nigeria 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.