Third Nigerian Republic

The Third Republic was the planned republican government of Nigeria in 1992 which was to be governed by the Third Republican constitution. In the Third Republic, there were to be state governors, state assemblies, and the National Assembly, a federal legislature, all democratically elected. However, it would not be fully democratic, as there was no democratically elected President. Then-President Ibrahim Babangida's supposed transition turned out to be a ploy to keep executive powers and grant the National Assembly limited legislative powers; all laws passed by the Senate and House of Representatives would have to pass the National Defence and Security Council of Nigeria before finally being approved by the President. While Babangida changed the usual style adopted by preceding military leaders from Head of State to President, he would continue to postpone presidential elections, annulling the one eventually held on 12 June 1993.

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