Government of Nigeria

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federal government public authority

The Government of Nigeria is the federal authority of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, responsible for national governance, policy-making, and administration across its executive, legislative, and judicial branches.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Federal Government of Nigeria 26
Nigerian government 5
Presidency of Nigeria 4

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal government ⓘ
public authority ⓘ
alsoKnownAs FGN ⓘ
branch Federal Ministries of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: executive branch of Nigeria

Judiciary of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: judicial branch of Nigeria

legislative branch of Nigeria ⓘ
budgetAuthority federal budget of Nigeria ⓘ
capital Abuja ⓘ
constitutionalAmendmentProcedure requires approval by National Assembly and state legislatures ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: 1999 Constitution of Nigeria
constitutionalDocument Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciple federalism ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
controls Central Bank of Nigeria ⓘ
Nigeria Customs Service ⓘ
Nigeria Immigration Service ⓘ
Nigeria Police Force ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Nigerian Armed Forces

Federal Ministries of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: federal ministries of Nigeria
country Nigeria ⓘ
currentConstitutionEffectiveDate 1999-05-29 ⓘ
deputyHeadOfGovernmentTitle Vice President of Nigeria ⓘ
electoralSystemForExecutive direct popular vote for president ⓘ
electoralSystemForLegislature first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm 1999 ⓘ
executiveBranchHeadTitle President of Nigeria ⓘ
Vice President of Nigeria ⓘ
federalCapitalTerritory Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
federalStructure federation of 36 states and 1 Federal Capital Territory ⓘ
fiscalYear January 1 to December 31 ⓘ
governmentType federal presidential constitutional republic ⓘ
hasSubdivision National Assembly ⓘ
Federal Executive Council of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Presidency of Nigeria

federal agencies and parastatals ⓘ
federal courts ⓘ
federal ministries ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle President of Nigeria ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of Nigeria ⓘ
highestCourt Supreme Court of Nigeria ⓘ
intermediateAppellateCourt Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ
judicialBranchHeadTitle Chief Justice of Nigeria ⓘ
judiciaryType independent judiciary ⓘ
legalSystem mixed legal system of English common law, Islamic law (in some states), and customary law ⓘ
legislativeBranchName National Assembly of Nigeria ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral legislature ⓘ
lowerHouseName House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
lowerHouseType House of Representatives ⓘ
memberOf African Union through the state of Nigeria ⓘ
Economic Community of West African States Monetary Zone ⓘ
surface form: Economic Community of West African States through the state of Nigeria

United Nations through the state of Nigeria ⓘ
numberOfStates 36 ⓘ
officialLanguageOfAdministration English ⓘ
officialName Government of Nigeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Federal Government of Nigeria
predecessor First Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
Second Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
military governments of Nigeria ⓘ
responsibility administration of federal public services ⓘ
defence ⓘ
federal policy-making ⓘ
federal taxation ⓘ
foreign policy ⓘ
monetary policy ⓘ
national governance of Nigeria ⓘ
national security ⓘ
regulation of interstate and international trade ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Abuja ⓘ
sovereignState Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
termLengthPresident 4 years ⓘ
termLimitPresident maximum of two terms ⓘ
trialCourts Federal High Court of Nigeria ⓘ
State High Courts of Nigeria ⓘ
upperHouseName Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
upperHouseType Senate ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nigerian naira → usedBy → Government of Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigerian government