Sentences with phrase «federal system of government»

The United States operates federal system of government where government is separated between two independent sovereignties at the federal and state level.

He noted that there are only two tiers of government in a federal system of government, namely the Federal government and the government at the federating level.

Contributing to the debate, Leader of the House, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila (Lagos - APC), said Nigeria practises the federal system of government and not unitary system.

Mr Cable argued the Lib Dem's commitment to a federal system of government with fully devolved governments was the only solution to the current tension.

After the first military coup of 1966 and under the short - lived administration of the then Head of State General Aguiyi Ironsi, Decree 34 of 1966 was promulgated abrogating the federal system of government and substituting same with unitary system of government.

And each has a diverse population, strong unions, a federal system of government, demand for a skilled workforce, and a school system that in 2000 was badly in need of reform.

explanations include the lack of a feudal heritage, widespread citizen involvement in machine - style political parties (forestalling socialism), a federal system of government, a fast - growing economy, an expanding frontier, an enviable education system, risk - taking immigrants, and a belief in hard work, entrepreneurialism and opportunity.

In other words, enhancing the opportunities offered by our federal system of government, not reducing them with a single, national system.

That report had argued that our federal system of government obscures the responsibilities of different levels of government and has led to cost - shifting between government departments as well as across different governments.

But under the nation's federal system of government, each state has ratified its own constitution, and the U.S. Supreme Court noted in the Pruneyard decision that individual state constitutions may protect freedom of speech on private mall property.