Federal Republic of Nigeria

Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Democracies

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 240-275

  Ayua, Ignatius Akaayar ^a   Dakas, Dakas C J ^b  

^a University of Jos ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

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1. The website of the Nigerian government (http://www.nigeria.gov.ng) estimates the country's population at 120 million
2. the World Fact Book estimated Nigeria's population in July 2003 at 133,881,703 (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/ni.html). A national census is scheduled for 2005.
3. See also Rotimi T. Suberu, Federalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria (Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2001) and Okwudiba Nnoli, Ethnicity and Development in Nigeria (Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 1995).
4. J. Isawa Elaigwu and Erim O. Erim, eds, Foundations of Nigerian Federalism: Pre-Colonial Antecedents, 2nd ed. (Jos: Institute of Governance and Social Research, 2001).
5. See also J. Isawa Elaigwu and G.N. Uzoigwe, eds, Foundations of Nigerian Federalism:1900-1960, 2nd ed. (Jos: Institute of Governance and Social Research, 2001).
6. See also J. Isawa Elaigwu and R.A. Akindele, eds, Foundations of Nigerian Federalism:1960-1995, 2nd ed. (Jos: Institute of Governance and Social Research, 2001).
7. Ladipo Adamolekun, ed., "Federalism in Nigeria: Toward Federal Democracy," Publius: The Journal of Federalism 21 (Fall 1991): entire issue.
8. See alsoj. Isawa Elaigwu, P.C. Logams, and H.S. Galadima, eds, Federalism and Nation Building in Nigeria: The Challenges of the 2ist Century (Abuja: National Council on Intergovernmental Relations, 1994).
9. Report of the Constitution Debate Coordinating Committee (CDCC), Volume 1, Main Report (Abuja: Government Printer, December 1999), p. 56.
10. See, for example, W.I. Ofonagoro, A. Ojo, and A. Jinadu, eds, The Great Debate:Nigerian Viewpoints on the Draft Constitution, 19767/977 (Lagos: Daily Times Publications, 1977)
11. S. Kumo and A. Aliyu, eds, Issues in the Nigerian Draft Constitution (Zaria: Institute of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, 1977)
12. J. Isawa Elaigwu and Habu Galadima, "The Shadow of Sharia Over Nigerian Federalism," Publius: The Journal of Federalism (Summer 2003): 123-44.
13. "Nigeria At Cross Road," a statement by Ohaneze Ndigbo, the umbrella body of all Igbo organizations, printed in The Guardian, 3 July 2000, p. 67.
14. Lord James Bryce, quoted in Paul E. Peterson, The Price of Federalism (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1995), p. 175.
15. Report of the Constitution Drafting Committee Containing the Draft Constitution, vol. 1 (Lagos: Federal Ministry of Information, 1976), p. xxix.
16. African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Application and Enforcement) Act, Cap. 10, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990.
17. Report of the Presidential Committee on the Review of the 7999 Constitution, Volume 1, Main Report, February 2001, p. 2.