Chapter 15: Nigeria

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Chapter 15Nigeria
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Thinking about Nigeria

• Poverty
• Ethnicity
• High stakes politics

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Thinking about Nigeria

• Key questions
• How is the legacy of imperialism reflected in
  Nigerian politics?
• What role does ethnicity play in reinforcing the
  countrys difficulties?
• Why does Nigeria remain poor?
• How have alternations between civilian and
  military regimes exacerbated Nigerias problems?

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The Evolution of the Nigerian State

• Before the British
• Colonialism
• Colonial rule
• Independence
• The First Republic
• Military Rule I
• The Second Republic
• Military Rule II
• Military Rule III

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Political Parties and Leaders in the First and
Second Republics
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Political Culture

• Mass political culture
• Elite culture
• Non-electoral participation
• Political parties and elections
• The elections of 1999
• The elections of 2003

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The Fragile Nigerian State

• The Fourth Republic
• The Personalization of Power
• Corruption
• Federalism

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Public Policy

• Democratization
• Babangidas failure
• Abubakar and Obasanjo
• Economic development and structural adjustment

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Feedback

• For most of its history, Nigeria has had a
  reasonably free press
• Military regimes have cracked down on the press
  and even closed some outlets at moments of the
  highest tensions
• But relatively few Nigerians are literate or
  wealthy enough to buy a newspaper, so the key is
  radio and television, which civilian and military
  authorities have tried to control through the
  Nigerian Broadcast Commission