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Démocratie directe

Nigeria Nigeria

DD002

Dispositions relatives à la démocratie directe (niveau national)
QuestionExiste-t-il des dispositions légales prévoyant des procédures de démocratie directe au niveau national?
Answer: a. Oui
Réponses C:8 "(1) An Act of the National Assembly for the purpose of creating a new State shall only be passed if - [...] (b) a proposal for the creation of the State is thereafter approved in a referendum by at least two-thirds majority of the people of the area where the demand for creation of the State originated; (c) the result of the referendum is then approved by a simple majority of all the States of the Federation supported by a simple majority of members of the Houses of Assembly; [...] (3) A bill for a Law of a House of Assembly for the purpose of creating a new local government area shall only be passed if - [...] (b) a proposal for the creation of the local government area is thereafter approved in a referendum by at least two-thirds majority of the people of the local government area where the demand for the proposed local government area originated; (c) the result of the referendum is then approved by a simple majority of the members in each local government council in a majority of all the local government councils in the State; and (d) the result of the referendum is approved by a resolution passed by two-thirds majority of members of the House of Assembly." C:69 "A member of the Senate or of the House Representatives may be recalled as such a member if - (a) there is presented to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission a petition in that behalf signed by more than one-half of the persons registered to vote in that member's constituency alleging their loss of confidence in that member; and (b) the petition is thereafter, in a referendum conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission within ninety days of the date of receipt of the petition, approved by a simple majority of the votes of the persons registered to vote in that member's constituency."
Source Constitution 1999 (as amended), art. 8, 69, 110: http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=179202 (2013); Electoral Act 2010, art. 116: http://www.inecnigeria.org/downloads/?did=5 (2013)
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DD003

Référendums obligatoires (niveau national)


QuestionY a-t-il des dispositions légales prévoyant des référendums obligatoires au niveau national?
Answer: a. Oui
Réponses C:8 "(1) An Act of the National Assembly for the purpose of creating a new State shall only be passed if - [...] (b) a proposal for the creation of the State is thereafter approved in a referendum by at least two-thirds majority of the people of the area where the demand for creation of the State originated; (c) the result of the referendum is then approved by a simple majority of all the States of the Federation supported by a simple majority of members of the Houses of Assembly; [...] (3) A bill for a Law of a House of Assembly for the purpose of creating a new local government area shall only be passed if - [...] (b) a proposal for the creation of the local government area is thereafter approved in a referendum by at least two-thirds majority of the people of the local government area where the demand for the proposed local government area originated; (c) the result of the referendum is then approved by a simple majority of the members in each local government council in a majority of all the local government councils in the State; and (d) the result of the referendum is approved by a resolution passed by two-thirds majority of members of the House of Assembly."
Source Constitution 1999 (as amended), art. 8: http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=179202 (2013)
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DD004

Référendums optionnels (niveau national)


QuestionExiste-t-il des dispositions légales prévoyant des référendums optionnels au niveau national?
Answer: b. Non
Réponses
Source Constitution 1999 (as amended): http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=179202 (2013); Electoral Act 2010: http://www.inecnigeria.org/downloads/?did=5 (2013)
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DD005

Initiatives citoyennes (niveau national)


QuestionExiste-t-il des dispositions légales prévoyant des initiatives citoyennes au niveau national?
Answer: b. Non
Réponses
Source Constitution 1999 (as amended): http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=179202 (2013); Electoral Act 2010: http://www.inecnigeria.org/downloads/?did=5 (2013)
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DD006

Pétitions (niveau national)
QuestionExiste-t-il des dispositions légales prévoyant des pétitions au niveau national?
Answer: b. Non
Réponses
Source Constitution 1999 (as amended): http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=179202 (2013); Electoral Act 2010: http://www.inecnigeria.org/downloads/?did=5 (2013)
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DD007

Destitution (niveau national)
QuestionExiste-t-il des dispositions légales prévoyant la destitution d’élus au niveau national?
Answer: a. Oui
Réponses C:69 "A member of the Senate or of the House Representatives may be recalled as such a member if - (a) there is presented to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission a petition in that behalf signed by more than one-half of the persons registered to vote in that member's constituency alleging their loss of confidence in that member; and (b) the petition is thereafter, in a referendum conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission within ninety days of the date of receipt of the petition, approved by a simple majority of the votes of the persons registered to vote in that member's constituency."
Source Constitution 1999 (as amended), art. 69: http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=179202 (2013)
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Caractère exécutoire des résultats de référendums
QuestionLes résultats des référendums sont-ils toujours exécutoires, jamais exécutoires ou parfois exécutoires?
Answer: c. Jamais exécutoires
Réponses
Source Constitution 1999 (as amended), art. 8: http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=179202 (2013)
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DD130

Les référendums portent


QuestionLes référendums portent-ils uniquement sur des changements constitutionnels, uniquement sur d’autres questions, ou à la fois sur des changements constitutionnels et d’autres questions?
Answer: b. Seulement sur des questions autres que constitutionnelles
Réponses
Source Constitution 1999 (as amended), art. 8: http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=179202 (2013)
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DD131

Démocratie directe aux niveaux infranationaux
QuestionLa loi prévoit-elle des instruments de démocratie directe aux niveaux infranationaux (régional ou local)?
Answer: a. Oui
Réponses
Source Constitution 1999 (as amended), art. 110: http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=179202 (2013); Electoral Act 2010, art. 116: http://www.inecnigeria.org/downloads/?did=5 (2013)
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