States of Nigeria

==Government==
States of [[Nigeria]] have the right to organize and structure their individual governments in any way within the parameters set by the [[Constitution of Nigeria]].

===Legislature===
At the state level, the legislature is [[Unicameralism|unicameral]], with the number of its members equal to three times the number of legislators it has in the [[House of Representatives (Nigeria)|Federal House of Representatives]]. It has the power to legislate on matters on the concurrent list.

===Executive===
At the state level, the head of the executive is the governor, who has the power to appoint people to the state executive council, subject to the advice and consent of the state house of assembly (legislature). The head of a ministry at the state level is the commissioner, who is assisted by a permanent secretary, who is also a senior civil servant of the state.

===Judiciary===
The Judiciary is one of the co-equal arms of the state government concerned with the interpretation of the laws of the state government. The judiciary is headed by the chief justice of the state appointed by the governor subject to the approval of the state house of assembly.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Shetreet|first1=Shimon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEG0KVCu_soC&pg=PA254 |title=Judicial Independence: The Contemporary Debate|last2=Deschênes|first2=Jules|date=1985-01-01|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|isbn=978-90-247-3182-4|language=en}}</ref>