Government Past Questions And Answers
Which of the following was a feature of the government of a British protectorate/
- A. Legislature Council
- B. Provincial Authority
- C. Executive Council
- D. Native Authority
Which organ was enshrined in the 1979 Constitution to protect public servants form political interference and arbitrary dismissal?
- A. public complaints commission
- B. code of conduct bureau
- C. federal judicial service commission
- D. federal civil service commission
A major feature of the policy of deregulation in Nigeria is the
- A. proliferation of public co-operations
- B. phenomenal increase in Direct foreign investment
- C. increasing dominance of the economy by the state
- D. enthronement of market forces mechanism
Which of the following is an obligation of a citizen?
- A. Arresting offenders
- B. Voting at elections
- C. Prosecuting offenders
- D. Adjudicating cases
The principle of rule of law can be defined as
- A. supremacy of the national assembly
- B. subordination of the legislature to the judiciary
- C. supremacy of the law over all the people in a state
- D. supreme authority of traditional rulers
The following options are today the biggest threat to the democracy of West African State except
- A. election disputes and related violence
- B. military intervention in politics
- C. youth unemployment
- D. non involvement of traditional rulers in politics.
Under delegated legislation, the institution empowered to make laws is the
- A. press
- B. pressure groups
- C. executive
- D. political parties
The Nigeria Independence Constitution was modified by the
- A. 1989 constitution
- B. 1979 constitution
- C. 1963 constitution
- D. 1999 constitution
The highest court of appeal under the Nigerian independence constitution was
- A. Federal Court of Appeal
- B. Sharia Court of Appeal
- C. Superme Court
- D. Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
One of the strong points of the multiparty system in Nigeria's Fourth Republic is
- A. the provision for a bicameral legislature
- B. government interference
- C. wider political participation
- D. wider anti-democracy campaign