The Abdulsalami Regime
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The challenges and achievements of the Abdulsalami regime.
- Assess the challenges and achievements of the Abdulsalami regime.
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- Practice question 1
The effort to ensure credible electoral administration during the 1999 transition, including the appointment of respected judicial figures, illustrates the Abdulsalami regime's broader priority of
- A.Avoiding any accountability for the transition's outcome
- B.Delaying the transition indefinitely
- C.Restoring the exact structure of the First Republic
- D.Producing a transition widely regarded as legitimate both domestically and internationally
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D. Producing a transition widely regarded as legitimate both domestically and internationally
This effort illustrates the regime's broader priority of producing a transition widely regarded as legitimate.
- Practice question 2
The Abdulsalami regime's successful and relatively swift transition to civilian rule is generally contrasted favourably by historians with the
- A.Nigerian Civil War's aftermath
- B.First Republic's founding process
- C.Babangida regime's prolonged and troubled transition process
- D.Amalgamation of 1914
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C. Babangida regime's prolonged and troubled transition process
This transition is generally contrasted favourably with the Babangida regime's prolonged and troubled transition process.
- Practice question 3
The overall emphasis on credible electoral administration during the Abdulsalami-led transition remains an important topic for understanding how post-authoritarian transitions can seek to establish
- A.A transition process with no attention to institutional credibility
- B.Total rejection of any electoral mechanism whatsoever
- C.Public and international confidence in a new democratic process
- D.Complete continuity with the preceding authoritarian government
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C. Public and international confidence in a new democratic process
This emphasis remains important for understanding how transitions can seek to establish public and international confidence.
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