The Federal Republic of Nigeria's government is ruled under the accordance with the provisions of a Constitution. The latest came into being in May, 1999, when the out-going military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, made an announcement which was regarded as the recognizing new body of laws as the country's supreme document. The new Constitution was completely based on the report in which a Committee had gathered the views given by Nigerians on the 1995 Draft Constitution, although that report was altered by the military government's Provisional Ruling Council. However, the 1999 Constitution was, almost in all respects, also similar to the 1979 Constitution.
Considerably, the Constitution states that Nigeria is one indivisible and permanent sovereign state, and its constituent units are combined together by a Federal agreement. It provides for a presidential system of government in which there has to be an Executive, a Legislature and a Judiciary, and all of them acting as a check and balance on the powers of the governments. The Constitution further takes care of the operation at three different levels of government, and they are the Federal, State and Local levels. These provisions are necessary on all authorities and persons throughout the Federation.
Considerably, the Constitution states that Nigeria is one indivisible and permanent sovereign state, and its constituent units are combined together by a Federal agreement. It provides for a presidential system of government in which there has to be an Executive, a Legislature and a Judiciary, and all of them acting as a check and balance on the powers of the governments. The Constitution further takes care of the operation at three different levels of government, and they are the Federal, State and Local levels. These provisions are necessary on all authorities and persons throughout the Federation.
