A major objective of the public Complaints Commission is

• A. Training and promotion of public servants
• B. Settlement of disputes among individuals
• C. Addressing the grievances of individuals and groups
• D. Fighting corruption and indiscipline

The Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) is now confronted with a new security threat which is

• A. extremism
• B. smuggling of illegal goods across states
• C. weak national armies
• D. proportional representation

In a democratic political system, the political sovereign is usually the

• A. electorate
• B. legislature
• C. constitution
• D. political parties

Gerrymandering means

• A. the second ballot system
• B. single transferable vote
• C. the manipulation of constituency boundaries
• D. the tyranny of the majority

One of the factors that influences decentralization of power in a state is

• A. weak central authority
• B. widening political participation
• C. maximum allegiance to the state
• D. maximum loyalty

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.

I think she.........her mother

• A. takes from
• B. takes after
• C. take to
• D. take for

Militant nationalism in British West Africa after World War II sought to

• A. kill British nationals
• B. overthrow colonialism
• C. stop the export of raw materials
• D. stop the denigration of the African culture.

The first agent of political socialization is

• A. school
• B. mass media
• C. community
• D. family

Federal and State governments legislate on items in the

• A. residual list
• B. legislative list
• C. exclusive list
• D. Concurrent list

Which of the following is not the responsibility of an Electoral Commission?

• A. creation of constituencies
• B. registration of voters
• C. nomination of candidates
• D. registration of political parties