How population size affects power-sharing: a comparison of Nigeria and Suriname

Veenendaal, Wouter; Demarest, Leila

doi:10.1080/13569775.2020.1855739

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“…In Nigeria, such a phenomenon will not be possible because of the existence of two imbalanced but closely competing regions of North and South. 79 President Jonathan secured victory in the 2011 Presidential Election after convincing the North to accept that he was serving just one term, as the Northern elite later narrated when the intensity of the clash between the North and South on the presidency heated. 80 By 2015, the North made it emphatic that it would not settle on anything but the presidency, no matter the repercussions.…”

Section: The Politics Of Zoning In the Fourth Republicmentioning

confidence: 99%

Power Sharing and Zoning Formula for Managing Nigeria's Diversity: A Case of the Fourth Republic

Sule

Sambo

2022

EJLH

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Nigeria is composed of plural and multi-complex societies with multiple ethnic groups of up to 500 cultural diversities. This country surmounts the obstacles of managing diversity through an informal setting popularly identified as a zoning formula and power sharing among the federating units. The pattern and trend in which the practice maintains Nigeria's diversity is a good lesson for a study of plural societies and consociationalism. The study aimed to examine the nature and dimension of zoning formula and power sharing in Nigeria and analyze how the strategies of zoning formula and power sharing helped manage diversity in Nigeria. The study was identified as a descriptive qualitative method that sought to describe Nigeria's strategy for managing diversity. The study uncovered that power sharing and zoning consist of constitutional and unconstitutional ones, with the former supported by legal provisions. Simultaneously, the latter is designed based on principles and gentleman agreements. The study recommended that constitutional provisions should never be sacrificed on the altar of the personal elite agreement. Instead, sharing power through zoning should be retained to prevent suicide for credibility and competency. It is a plausible shock absorber that will continue to sustain Nigerian federalism, and other plural societies can borrow this model as a political means of resolving diversities.

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Section: The Politics Of Zoning In the Fourth Republicmentioning

confidence: 99%