Who does what
Who controls what on your street.
Five offices. Here is what each one has power over, what money it touches, and what it decides about your road, your clinic and your school.
President · 1 of 5
16 Jan 2027
President
One for the whole country, elected with a Vice President. Four year term, maximum two terms. On the ballot 16 January 2027.
Powers
- Heads the federal executive and appoints ministers, subject to Senate confirmation
- Commander-in-chief of the armed forces
- Signs or refuses federal bills
- Appoints service chiefs, ambassadors and heads of federal agencies, many subject to Senate confirmation
- Sets national economic and foreign policy
Money
- Proposes the federal budget to the National Assembly
- Controls federal spending once the budget is passed
- Oversees federal revenue agencies such as FIRS and Customs
- Leads federal borrowing, subject to approval
On your street
- Fuel and exchange rate policy
- Federal roads, rail and power
- Federal universities and teaching hospitals
- The police, the military and national security
- Student loans and federal social programmes
If it is national policy, the economy, or a federal agency failing everywhere at once, this is the office.
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