Nigeria's New Political Institutions, 1975-9

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ID4253149
AuthorsClaude S Phillips (corresponding author)
Year1980
Volume18
Issue1
Pages1-22
Publication date1980-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022278x00009423
OpenAlexW2109756931
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited3

In October 1970, after the civil war had ended, General Yakubu Gowon reiterated his earlier pledge that military rule would be terminated on 1 October 1976, but two years before that date he postponed the return to civilian rule indefinitely on the grounds that Nigerians had not yet demonstrated 'moderation and self-control in pursuing sectional ends'.1 In July 1975, nine years after his own elevation to Head of the Federal Military Government (F.M.G.), Gowon was removed by a coup d'état led by Brigadier Murtala Mohammed, who cited mismanagement as the immediate reason. However, after the coup, 'well-placed spokesmen for the new administration...reaffirmed that the goals of the coup were to restore the good image of the military and to create conditions which will make reactive military intervention unnecessary in the future'.2

Administration (probate law) · Democracy · Government (linguistics) · Military rule · Nigerians · Pledge · Political science · Politics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Public Administration · Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria

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