Northern Region Legislative Election, 1961 (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Northern Region legislative election, 1961 was held in May that year. Nigeria is a Federal Republic modeled after the United States, with executive power exercised by the president and with influences from the Westminster System model in the composition and management of the upper and lower houses of the bicameral legislature. However, the President of Nigeria is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Nigerian politics takes place within a framework of a federal, presidential, representative democratic republic, whereby Executive power is exercised by the government.