Lobbying mainly involves the application of pressure on

• A. people in commerce through monetyary gifts
• B. legislators through material gifts
• C. people in government throught persasive arguments
• D. legislator by intimidation and blackmail

A system of government where the component units are stronger than the central authority is known as

• A. federalism
• B. confederation
• C. fascism
• D. feudalism

Freedom of speech in a democratic state is limited by

• A. law of sedition
• B. law of trespass
• C. press censorship
• D. martial law

(a) Explain the term representative government.

(b) What conditions are essential for the existence of a representative government?

Franchise owes its evolution to the

• A. development of representative government
• B. establishment of state enterprise
• C. development of the cabinet
• D. establishment of electoral commission

In 1979, the Unity Party of Nigeria contested and won. gubernatorial elections in

• A. Lagos Kware, Oyo, Ogun and Bendel
• B. Lagos , Ogun, Imo, Oyo and Bendel
• C. Lagos, Kwara, Ogun,Oyo ,Ondo Bendel
• D. Lagos, Kwara, Ogun, Oyo and Ondo

Freedom of the press helps it to

• A. be above board
• B. escape libel charges
• C. play a watchdog role
• D. educated the masses on politics

The emirate system in the Hausa/Fulani traditional administration was

• A. hierarchical
• B. unilateral
• C. democratic
• D. expensive

The public agency now mandated to register births and deaths in Nigeria is the

• A. national civil registration commission
• B. civil service commission
• C. ministry of Health
• D. national population commission

Under the crown colony system of administration, major policies were implemented in the colonies by the ________

• A. Chiefs and their elders
• B. Secretary of states for the colonies
• C. Chiefs and the British
• D. Colonial governor