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The Nigerian Presidential System

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Presidential Elections in Nigeria's Fourth Republic

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This chapter examines the background of the presidential system in the Nigerian democratisation process. As outlined in the previous chapters, Nigeria’s political trajectory in the pre-colonial, colonial and early phase of the post-colonial era was not structured in the present form of presidential federalism.

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  1. Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, Federal University of Kashere, Gombe State, Nigeria

    Babayo Sule

  2. Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, Yobe State University, Damaturu, Nigeria

    Usman Sambo

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Sule, B., Sambo, U. (2024). The Nigerian Presidential System. In: Presidential Elections in Nigeria's Fourth Republic. Palgrave Studies in Presidential Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54919-9_2

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