Nigeria Flashcards

National question

National question

Dilemma which is known for conflict of how a country should be governed, or even if Nigeria should remain as one nation

Fragmentation

tendency to fall apart

Hisbah

is a police force charged with enforcing Islamic morality

Kinship-based politics

political power and influence are largely determined by family ties, ethnic affiliations, and personal connections rather than merit or democratic principles. In simpler terms, it's a political landscape where relationships and family connections play a significant role in determining who holds power and influence in society.

The Group Fulani

came to the north though jihad established the Sokoto caliphate, a muslim state.

Individualism

chiefs thought about personal benefits for governance rather then good for whole community during colonial era

cleaveges

• split between christians and muslims

• ethnic Hausa fulani, Igbo and Yuruba

• elites becoming more separate from people because they were more educated.

• the north and south because most of the British schools were located in the south, but eventually they got over it.

Federalism

theoretically power was shared, but it wasn’t because military presidents didn’t allow sub governments to have their separate sovereignty

prebendalism

Patron-clientelis(prebendalism): just as in China and Mexico,The patron builds loyalty among his clients by granting them favors that are denied to others. In Nigeria, in exchange for their support a president may grant to his clients a portion of the oil revenues.

Survival of the Ogoni People, or MOSOP

MOSOP has worked to apply national laws to secure financial benefits for the Ogoni in the Niger Delta and to hold foreign-operated oil companies to environmental standards.

is threatened by environmental degradation, socio-economic marginalization, and human rights abuses due to oil exploration. In response, Ogoni activists have organized protests to demand justice, environmental remediation, and community development.

A Widely occupied Chevron-texaco’s Nigerian operations 10 days

The siege ended when chevron Texaco's officials agreed to provide jobs for the woman's sons and set up a credit plan to help village women start businesses.

Boko Haram

carried out almost daily shooting trying to undermine Jonathan's authority -they dont like sharia law.

Nigeria's Protests have been the most brutal out of all countries.

2015 Boko haram stepped up the attacks and gained international attention with kidnapping and disappearance of 276 schoolgirls from chibok

The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP)

party of Obasanjo, in 2003 received a majority.------dominant party although they had low legitimacy because of high fraud.

JONATHAN’S PARTY 

All ProgressiveCongress(APC)

formed as an alliance of 4 opposition parties.

BUHARI’S PARTY 

The Independent National Electoral Commission (!INEC!)

with outside pressure, made an attempt to cleanse the electoral process when it declared almost six million names to be fraudulent.

Para-statals

Corporations owned by the state and designated to provide commercial and social welfare services. Their boards are appointed by gov ministers. Provide public utilities such as water electricity and public transportation—state corporatism