{"id":3036,"date":"2020-09-29T16:54:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T16:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/?p=3036"},"modified":"2023-10-15T19:26:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T19:26:15","slug":"nigeria-at-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/nigeria-at-60\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria at 60 &#8211; The Different Forms of Government Since Independence"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"height: 54px; width: 98.3113%; border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 87px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; background-color: #02030f; height: 54px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Nova Light;\">Why We L\ud83d\udc40ked Into This \u00bb<\/span>\ud83c\udfa8<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">This post was inspired by a tweet &#8211; &#8216;By Independence Day, Nigeria would have had 30 years, 10 months of democratic rule, 28 years,11 months of military rule, 3 months of civilian interim rule.&#8217; We researched this statement and produced visuals to summarize the findings from the data.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Types of Governments in Nigeria since 1960<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3038\" src=\"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Types-of-Government-in-Nigeria-from-1960.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Types-of-Government-in-Nigeria-from-1960.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Types-of-Government-in-Nigeria-from-1960-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Types-of-Government-in-Nigeria-from-1960-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">By Independence Day (October 1, 2020), Nigeria would have had approximately 30 years, 11 months of democratic rule, 28 years, 11 months of military rule and 3 months of civilian interim rule.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Military in Nigeria Since Independence<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3041\" src=\"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Military-Rulers-to-1999.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Military-Rulers-to-1999.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Military-Rulers-to-1999-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Military-Rulers-to-1999-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>March, April, May, September and October are considered &#8216;pure&#8217; months &#8211; the months in which there were no military overthrows.<\/li>\n<li>Out of the 8 Military rulers, 2 were assassinated in office:\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li>Late Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi on July 29th, 1966<\/li>\n<li>Late Murtala Muhammed on February 13, 1976<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Interim Government <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">in Nigeria Since Independence<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3040\" src=\"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Interim-Government.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Interim-Government.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Interim-Government-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Interim-Government-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Following much pressure on the military (which annulled a Presidential election in 1993 (June 12), an interim government was put in place by General Ibrahim Babangida.<\/li>\n<li>He (Babangida) promised to step down on August 26, 1993. The Interim Government of Ernest Shonekan assumed office on August 27, 1993.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Democracy <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">in Nigeria Since Independence<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3039\" src=\"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Democratic-Leaders.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Democratic-Leaders.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Democratic-Leaders-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Democratic-Leaders-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was assassinated in office in Nigeria&#8217;s first military coup that took place in 1966.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">October 1 used to be the handover date before the military coups. In 1999, this <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">changed to May 29. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">In 2018, President Muhammadu Buhari <\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mbuhari\/status\/1004430704808259584\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declared<\/a> <\/span>that<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u2018\u2018June 12, 1993, was far more symbolic of democracy in the Nigerian context than May 29 or even October 1&#8243;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-16y2uox r-1wbh5a2 r-1ny4l3l r-1udh08x r-1yt7n81 r-ry3cjt\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-18u37iz\" data-testid=\"tweet\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1iusvr4 r-16y2uox r-1777fci r-1mi0q7o\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why We L\ud83d\udc40ked Into This \u00bb\ud83c\udfa8 This post was inspired by a tweet &#8211; &#8216;By Independence Day, Nigeria would have had 30 years, 10 months of democratic rule, 28 years,11&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[333],"tags":[173,172,76,174,171,74,75,175,170],"class_list":["post-3036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-democracy-in-nigeria","tag-democracy-in-nigeria-since-1999-till-date","tag-independence-day","tag-interim-national-government-in-nigeria","tag-military-rule-in-nigeria-since-1960","tag-nigeria","tag-nigeria-at-60","tag-the-only-interim-national-government-in-nigeria-was-headed-by","tag-what-type-of-government-does-nigeria-have"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3036"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30301,"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3036\/revisions\/30301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}