Comprehensive electoral reform recommendations partially implemented via the Electoral Act 2010 and the 4th Constitutional Alteration. The prosecution of electoral offenders (Electoral Offences Commission) and proportional representation recommendations were not adopted.
Yar'Adua2008· Fate: Partial — basis of Electoral Act 2010 & 4th Alteration· Chapter II · Law
Justice Uwais Electoral Reform Report
Chair: former CJN Mohammed Uwais. 23-member committee. Key recommendations: independent INEC appointment, prosecution of electoral offenders, proportional representation.
Sources
- · Justice Uwais Electoral Reform Committee Report (2008)
What it cost — political & economic reality
The political and economic reality
Nigeria in 2008: who was in charge, the cabinet of the day, the GDP, and the crises that defined the period.
President · Fourth Republic
Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
2007–2010· PDP
National reality
Niger Delta amnesty programme (2009). Yar'Adua became gravely ill in late 2009; the Doctrine of Necessity (Feb 2010) made Goodluck Jonathan Acting President. Yar'Adua died 5 May 2010.
Crises of the period
- Yar'Adua medical absence + cabal
- Niger Delta amnesty negotiations
- Boko Haram founding violence (Maiduguri 2009)
GDP (World Bank)
$166 bn (2007) → $369 bn (2010, post-rebasing trajectory)
Cabinet (selected portfolios)
- Education
Igwe Aja-Nwachuku; Dr. Sam Egwu
Source: Federal Gazette 2007–10
Methodology
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Redline
Wikipedia is never a source.