Correct Answer: A. Legislation

Explanation

(i) Local governments help in educating people at the grassroots about the policies and actions of the federal and state governments.

(ii) They help in preserving the traditional institutions of the people in the local areas.

(iii) They bring government nearer to the people at the grassroots.

(iv) They allay feelings of insecurity and fears of ethnic domination especially if created along ethnic lines

(v) They mobilize both human and material resources for community development.

(vi) They serve as a link between the people at the grassroots and the central/state governments.

(vii) They help to provide social services to the people at the grassroots.

(viii) They encourage leadership training of the people at the grassroots.

(ix) They bring rapid development to the local areas.

(x) Local governments allow indigenes of different local areas to govern themselves according to their traditions and cultures.

(xi) They help in the maintenance of law and order.

(xii) They facilitate quick decision making in matters within their jurisdiction.

(xiii) Local governments make Bye-Laws for order and good governance of their areas.

(xiv) They create job opportunities.

Correct Answer: C. bureaucracy

Explanation

Red-tapism. the practice of requiring excessive paperwork and tedious procedures before official action can be considered or completed. It is a feature of bureaucracy

Explanation

The British colonial policies contributed to the rise of nationalism in West Africa in many ways. These include:

(i) The crown-colony policy was not acceptable to the nationalists, e.g. both the legislative and executive councils were dominated by British officials. Only illiterate African chiefs were nominated as members of the legislative council.

(ii) The land law was unfavourable to the chiefs and people.

(iii) The whites adopted colour bar and social segregation, e.g. housing estates, recreational facilities, hospital and schools.

(iv) Economic inequalities between 9. the whites and the indigenes especially in commercial enterprises contributed a lot to the rise of nationalism, e.g. granting of loans by banks, the activities of companies like UAC, UTC and P.Z.

(v) There was little or no opportunities for the advancement of the Africans in the public service.

(vi) There was inequality in wages between whites and natives especially in commercial enterprises were.

(vii) Provision of educational facilities through missionaries made the Africans politically conscious.

(viii)There opportunities for the Africans to participate in government through constitutional developments.

Correct Answer: A. political equality

Explanation

political equality refers to the equality of each citizen's individual rights and liberty.

Correct Answer: B. ensure equal representation of the component units

Explanation

The upper house also known as house of senate, is supposed to guarantee equal representation of the 36 states irrespective of size in the Senate and proportional representation of population in the House.

Correct Answer: D. Ciroma

Correct Answer: C. promote economic understanding in the Third World

Correct Answer: A. the rotation of power among different regions

Explanation

The zoning system in Nigerian politics refers to the rotation of power among different regions. This is a political arrangement to ensure that political power is not monopolized by a particular region, but is rotated among different regions in the country.

Correct Answer: A. French policy of assimilation