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The Nigerian political bureau of 1986, established by General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida shortly after his successful coup, was one of the broadest political consultation exercises conducted in Nigerian history. The bureau was headed by Dr. Samuel Joseph Cookey, and contained 17 members charged with the responsibility of investigating the problems of the failed Nigerian political and democratic institutions, collating the socio-political views of Nigerians and submitting remedies to curtail the perceived shortcomings of the political and economic process.〔Stephen Wright; Nigeria: Struggle for Stability and Status, Westview Press, 1998, pp 83-85.〕 Before the establishment of the bureau, Nigeria had undergone two major democratic experiments replete with institutional failures. However, this did not quench the demand for a return to democracy, after what was perceived as a relapse to authoritarian tendencies during the administration of General Muhammadu Buhari. During the bureau's tenure, it received over 27,000 submissions from Nigerians all over the country, on issues ranging from Religion, to ethnicity and ideology. At the end of its tenure, the bureau submitted recommendations to the military governments. However, the political bureau was seen by some critics as an endeavor to legitimize the military's incursion to power by basing some of its existence to a return to democratic rule such as open debates and finalizing a return to democracy. In 1987, ''Newswatch'' magazine released an unofficial report of the bureau, for its reward, it was proscribed for a few months〔Cameron Duodu, "Silence is tarnished - The continuing repression faced by Nigeria's Newswatch," ''The Guardian'' (London), 20 April 1987〕 lending credence to some of the criticisms of the regime, as taking Nigerian on a farcical democratic experiment. ==Members== General Babangida announced the names of the seventeen (17) members of the Political Bureau at the inauguration of the bureau in Abuja on January 13, 1986. *Dr Samuel Joseph Cookey — Chairman *Abdullahi Augie - Executive Secretary *Bala Takaya *Edwin Madunagu (Dr.; Marxist, "self-avowed communist", regular contributor to The Guardian newspapers. Madunagu had first been suspended as university lecturer during the Obasanjo 1979 regime (), and would later leave the bureau under controversial circumstances. He remains - as at 2011 - a contributor to national issues) *Oye Oyediran *Mrs. Hilda Adefarasin *E.O. Awa *Tunde Adeniran *Mrs. R. Abdullahi *A.D. Yahaya *Sam E. Oyovbaire (Professor of Political Science & 1984-86 president of the Nigerian Political Science Association - NPSA. Oyovbaire remained a Political Adviser to Babangida, and later, Minister for Information and Culture under the IBB regime. Oyovbaire ) *Ola Balogun (Dr.; Balogun left the bureau in controversial circumstances. *Haroun Adamu *Ibrahim Halilu *O.E. Uya *Paschal Bafyau (Then leader of the Railways Union. Later became president of the Nigerian Labour Congress, seizing leadership from Ciroma who was leader when Babangida became head of state. He is reported to have had extensive informal networks in Babangida's military regime. Bafyau would later aspire to be Abiola's running-mate in the 1993 elections and would preside over vacillations of the union during the struggle against the annulment of the June 12 elections. *Sani Zahradeen 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nigerian Political Bureau of 1986」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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