The total number of local government areas in Nigeria in 1989 was

• A. 303
• B. 300
• C. 403
• D. 449

The committee that recommended Abuja as the new Federal Capital was headed by

• A. Graham Douglas
• B. Mamman Nasir
• C. Rotimi Williams
• D. Akinola Aguda

In a parliamentary system the executive is weak because it is

• A. accountable to parliament
• B. responsible for its own actions
• C. headed by a prime minister
• D. the head of state that controls the government

Which of the following systems of government does not practice collective responsibility?

• A. Communalism system
• B. Non-centralised system
• C. Executive system
• D. Cabinet system

In which of the following systems is the power of the component units more than that of the central government?

• A. Monarchical
• B. Federal Governments
• C. Unitary
• D. Confederal

One advantage of the unitary system over the federal system is the

• A. bureaucratic nature
• B. cost effectiveness
• C. small membership
• D. ratification of appointments

A country that has experienced incessant military interregnum is said to have fallen into the

• A. military trap
• B. coup d'etat trap
• C. praetorian trap
• D. palace-coup trap

The youth movement across British West African territories served as a spring board for the formation of

• A. militant groups to fight and kill British officials
• B. political parties to champion the course of self-rule
• C. committees to represent the people
• D. associations in pursuit of justice for the people

A major duty of citizens is to

• A. vote at elections
• B. associate freely
• C. pay taxes
• D. join political parties

Decree 34 of 1966 was unacceptable to many Nigerians because it was

• A. seen as an instrument of impoverishment
• B. perceived to abolish the federal system
• C. promulgated without consultation with the people
• D. considered as alien