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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 state and the head of government were officially merged into the office of the presidency under the 1979 Constitution of Nigeria. Executive power is vested in 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 monarch of other Commonwealth realms. The monarch was represented in Nigeria by a governor-general.
Nigeria is a federal republic modelled after the United States, [127] with 36 states and capital Abuja as an independent unit. The executive power is exercised by the President. The president is both head of state and head of the federal government; the president is elected by popular vote to a maximum of two four-year terms. [128]
Nigerian politics takes place within a framework of a federal and presidential republic and a representative democracy, in which the president holds executive power. [5] Legislative power is held by the federal government and the two chambers of the legislature: the House of Representatives and the Senate. The legislative branch of Nigeria is ...
Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (Hausa pronunciation ⓘ; born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician and retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He also served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power from the Shehu Shagari ...
Adebayo Adelabu Listen ⓘ (born September 28, 1970) is a former deputy governor, operations of the Central Bank of Nigeria and currently serving as the federal minister of power of Nigeria. He was also an Oyo State gubernatorial candidate for the All Progressives Congress in 2019.
Buhari's second retirement, now 1 year, 213 days, is currently the shortest, Yakubu Gowon's retirement, now 49 years, is the longest in Nigeria's history. At age 90, Gowon is also the oldest of the seven living heads of state. Shehu Shagari who died in 2018 aged 93 is the nation's longest-lived head of state.
Nigeria has 36 states that each elect a governor to serve as chief executive of the state government. The sole federal district , the Federal Capital Territory , is headed by a minister appointed by the president to oversee the administration.