• MORGAN OGBONNA
• Prince Emeka Ume-Ezeoke

The regimented institution of the military is designed and established to be professionally well trained in the process of national defense and protection of the citizenry against external aggression and invasion. But this institution (the military) had for the past century been involved in political participation through illegal and unconstitutional modus operandi. It is very instructive to state that good governance is the only panacea against military intervention while bad government is an invitation to it and the accompanying anarchy. The major aim of the study is to examine the history of military intervention and administration in Nigeria between our chosen periods, 1984-1999. The paper will examine the negative implications of military interventions in Nigeria, assess the progress made by the military during their interventions and the level of development and underdevelopment they brought to Nigeria and determine the factors that have necessitated the intervention of the military in Nigerian administration. The paper will also examine the level of sincerity attached to all military transition programmes to civilian rule. The paper has adopted the secondary methodology to arrive at its findings. It has also adopted the descriptive and historical form in the presentation of the facts. It discovered that the military has grossly underdeveloped the continent after the withering of colonialism, as a result of corruption, favoritism, ethnicity and lack of proper bureaucratic principles. The paper concludes that, even though the military is dictatorial in nature but it has maintained law and order better than the so called democratic government. The paper recommends maximum restrain of the military vis a vis political power and stronger military-civilian relations as constitutionally defined among other measures.

A HISTORY OF MILITARY INTERVENTION AND ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA, 1984-1999

" A HISTORY OF MILITARY INTERVENTION AND ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA, 1984-1999 ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no.c663-c681, June-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406283.pdf

" A HISTORY OF MILITARY INTERVENTION AND ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA, 1984-1999 ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no. ppc663-c681, June-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406283.pdf