The relationship between the tiers of government in Nigeria can be described as one of
- A. coordinate and independent jurisdiction
- B. voluntary surbodination
- C. superior-surbodinate co-existence
- D. independent co-existence
The immediate cause of the January 15 1966 military coup in Nigeria was the
- A. crisis over the population census
- B. election crisis in the Western Region
- C. Kano Riots
- D. Tiv Riots
The difference between commercialized and privatized companies is that in the former
- A. public ownership is dominant
- B. government subsidizes costs
- C. profit motive is recessive
- D. private ownership is dominant
The 1976 Local Government Reforms in Nigeria transformed the relationship between states and local governments into one of
- A. equality
- B. master and servant
- C. subordination
- D. partnership and cooperation
The body responsible for running the personal affairs of senior local government staff in Nigeria is the
- A. Local Government Service Commission
- B. Local Government Council
- C. State Civil Service Commission
- D. Senior Staff Committee
Government-owned companies operating in the economic sector are referred to as
- A. public investments
- B. public services
- C. public enterprise
- D. public utilities
In the Second Republic,the ruling National Party of Nigeria formed an alliance with the
- A. Great Nigeria People's Party
- B. Nigeria Advance Party
- C. Unity Party of Nigeria
- D. Nigeria People's Party
In a democracy,sovereign authority is exercised by the
- A. legislature
- B. people
- C. executive
- D. electorate
Independence of the judiciary is pertinent because it accords the judiciary the power to
- A. dismiss any judge who has breached the judicial code of conduct
- B. determine a fixed salary for judges
- C. determine a fixed term of office for the judges
- D. enable the judges to try and decide cases without bias
One of the sources of a constitution is
- A. common law
- B. corporate law
- C. statutory law
- D. constitutional law
In a presidential system of government, the president checks the legislature through
- A. executive review
- B. executive order
- C. legislative order
- D. exercise of veto
The creation of a classless society is the ultimate aim of
- A. fascism
- B. socialism
- C. communism
- D. capitalism
In a constitutional monarchy,the authority to remove the head of state is exercised by the
- A. head of government
- B. cabinet
- C. prime minister
- D. legislature
Unicameral legislature is a common feature of
- A. unitarism
- B. federalism
- C. presidential
- D. parliamentarism
The economic basis of feudalism is
- A. trade
- B. capital
- C. agriculture
- D. slavery
The agent through which the state undertakes political socialization is the
- A. pressure group
- B. peer group
- C. family
- D. school
- E. A and D
In a confederation,the constituency that a member of the legislature represents is a
- A. nation-state
- B. region
- C. senatorial district
- D. parliamentary consistuency
In a parliamentary system of government,a vote of no confidence leads to the resignation of
- A. an indidvidual minister
- B. the entire parliament
- C. the prime minister
- D. the entire cabinet
- E. C and D
In a unitary system of government,power is concentrated at the center
- A. with devolution
- B. without residual functions
- C. without devolution
- D. with residual functions
The fundamental assumption on which the idea of the rule of law is based is
- A. supremacy of the constitution
- B. rationality of human beings
- C. equality of human beings
- D. love for social justice
The highest grade in the civil service is known as the
- A. administrative cadre
- B. executive cadre
- C. clerical cadre
- D. technical cadre