WEEK FIVE

INDEPENDENCE CONSTITUTION (1960).

Features.
1. The Governor-General was the ceremonial head of
state.
2. The Prime Minister was the head of government and
administration.
3. It provided for a democratic parliamentary system of
government.
4. Fundamental human rights were entrenched in the
constitution.
5. The constitution was a rigid constitution.
Achievements.
1. It brought in independence for Nigeria.
2. It made provision for human rights.
3. It defined citizenship and how it can be acquired.

Weaknesses.
1. It did not give total sovereignty to Nigeria as a
nation.
2. The Queen was still the head of the state and this
gave room for some interference.
3. The supreme courts had no power over appellate
cases.