The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was enacted on 29 May 1999, establishing the Fourth Nigerian Republic and last substantively amended in January 2011. It creates a federal presidential republic of three branches, a bicameral National Assembly, a president as executive head and a Supreme Court, organizing the country into 36 states, a federal capital and 774 local government areas, and it frames equality in terms of citizens rather than the broader personhood language used in many other constitutions.
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The constitution of Nigeria is the written supreme law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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The constitution of Nigeria is the written supreme law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
In Group: Constitutions Adopted Since 1990, Lead paragraph
Nigeria has had many constitutions. Its current form was enacted on 29 May 1999 and kickstarted the Fourth Nigerian Republic.
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