Open AccessNIGERIAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS SINCE POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE: CHANGES AND TREJECTORIES
Author(s) -
Henry Ani Kifordu
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
hegemonia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1809-1261
DOI - 10.47695/hegemonia.vi12.102
Subject(s) - politics , elite , authoritarianism , independence (probability theory) , political economy , political system , colonialism , democracy , state (computer science) , revenue , political science , political structure , economic system , development economics , economics , law , statistics , mathematics , accounting , algorithm , computer science
This article accounts for the structural changes in the form of shifts in political systems and economic sources of state revenue in post-colonial Nigeria. As Nigeria and other countries such as Brazil seek mutually to extend and intensify external relations, the need to cast further light on the post-colonial structural changes underscores the article’s relevance. Since political independence in 1960, the Nigerian political system has alternated between democratic and authoritarian types with significant increases ingovernment revenue originating from petrodollars. However, elite succession in topmost political executive offices has been marked by confusions and attended by confusions amid intense and recurrent social conflicts. The findings point to incomplete regime change with the persistence of a rigid power structure.