•Democracy--supreme power is vested in the people & exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation involving free elections
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Type of government
Parliamentary-- legislature or parliament, and are directly responsible to it; this type of government can be dissolved

Presidential--The president is the head of state, the head of government, and the head of a multi-party system.
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Legislature for Nigerian--The National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a bicameral legislature established under section 4 of the Nigerian Constitution.

o Leader works with or through the legislature
•Presidential--system of government in which the leader is constitutionally independent of the legislature; citizens directly elect leader

o Leader works separate from legislature
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 CITIZENS PARTICIPATE
•Autocracy-- 1 person possesses unlimited power & citizens have limited role in government

•Democracy--supreme power is vested in the people & exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation involving free elections
-------------------------------Legislature for Kenya   •The Parliament of South Africa is the country’s bicameral legislature.

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•It consists of two houses—the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces.

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•Citizens elect members to the National Assembly, while lower provincial governments appoint officials to the National Council of Provinces.
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•The citizens vote for the president, as well as for members of the parliament.
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Type of government
Parliamentary