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History Of Military Intervention And Administration In Nigeria (1984-1998)
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The last military regime (1998-1999) arranged a brief movement programme
that reached the end of the final result in the emergence of an
appointed civilian government under Olusegun Obasanjo, a retired general
and one-time military head of state. The process also attested the
participation of a good number of retired military officers who had
engaged offices in the recent military eras. The administration
completed its two tenors of four years each and handed over power to
another civilian government in May 2007. This is known to be the longest
duration that a civilian era has attained so far since 1960, Udogu
2002. Years back, arms of the broken civilian elite, retired and serving
military officers secretly planned in December 1983 to remove a
civilian government in Nigeria from power. In the democratic regime, a
new kind of civil-military relations was birthed. The military has stood
in the barracks and a civilian-led allotment endures within a more or
less democratic structure.
STATEMENT OF THE GENERAL PROBLEM
The
research problem, emanates from the statement and view of the previous
Nigerian President that the days of “Military coup d’etat’ were gone
forever in Nigeria, that democracy has come to stay…it is now clear to
all Nigerians that there is no substitute for democracy†said Obasanjo
(2007). The nine years of democratic practice in Nigeria has been faced
with considerable problems, reminiscences of militarism. We had
witnessed incidences such as the order by President ‘Yar Adua’ to close
Channels Television for allegedly informing the public that he was
likely to resign on account of poor health, forceful closure of the
previous Vice President (‘Atiku Abubakar’s)’ office by former President
‘Obasanjo’ and the Gestapo removal of the Mr. ‘Audu Ogbe’ as the
Chairman of the ruling party all within a democratic setting. It is very
instructive to state, that good governance is the only panacea against
military intervention at the level of supplantment (complete
substitution of civil authority by military rule and law) while bad
governance is an invitation to it. The fact remains that militarized
psyche is a problem to democracy, more disturbing is the fact that other
African countries such as Ghana had their share of militarism yet has
become the democratic college for West Africans. This would guide the
discourse herein. Social environment has been known to condition the
behavioral dispositions of the individuals. The social environment,
which has had considerable impact on the psyche of Nigerians, has seen
the long years of military rule, herein referred to as militarism. The
militarized social culture being displayed in the democratic
dispensation is not unconnected with this. The political behaviors
currently displayed in the democratic space, is the dialectical phase of
militarism. The analysis, which follows, evaluates this assertion.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The
major aim of the study is to examine the history of military
intervention and administration in Nigeria. Other specific objectives of
the study are;
To examine the negative implications of military interventions in Nigeria.
To assess the progress made by the military during military interventions.
To determine the factors that has necessitated the intervention of the military in Nigerian administration.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
What are the negative implications of military interventions in Nigeria?
What is the progress made by the military during military interventions?
What are the factors that have necessitated the intervention of the military in Nigerian administration?
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