The ECOWAS Monitoring Group began its operation in
- A. Sierra-Leone
- B. Guinea
- C. GAMBIA
- D. Liberia
At the formation of the OAU, Nigeria belonged to the
- A. Monrovia Group
- B. Casablanca Group
- C. Lagos Group
- D. Brazzaville Group
A disadvantage of the one-party system is that it
- A. is costly to operate
- B. does not tolerate opposition
- C. does not care about the feelings of the masses
- D. discourages periodic elections
Which of the following approves the annual budget of the UN?
- A. The General Assembly
- B. The Secretariat
- C. The Security Council
- D. Trusteeship Council
In the Hausa pre-colonial political system, the spiritual and political powers were vested in the
- A. Emir
- B. Madawaki
- C. Galadima
- D. Waziri
In Nigeria, public corporations are established by
- A. executive order
- B. a bye-law
- C. an act of parliament
- D. military decree
Federal and State governments legislate on items in the
- A. residual list
- B. legislative list
- C. exclusive list
- D. Concurrent list
Which of these institutions make bye-laws?
- A. Council of State
- B. National Assembly
- C. Local Government Council
- D. State House of Assembly
The responsibility of giving policy guidelines to the board of corporations rest with the
- A. Board of Directors
- B. Minister
- C. Chairman
- D. Permanent Secretary
Which of these factors motivated colonialism in Africa?
- A. Scientific superiority
- B. Humanitarianism
- C. Economic interest
- D. Cultural superiority
In Nigeria, items in the exclusive list are under the jurisdiction of
- A. regional government
- B. state government
- C. central government
- D. local government
The charter establishing the AU was signed in
- A. Togo
- B. Libya
- C. South Africa
- D. Ethiopia.
Government by the best citizens is referred to as
- A. aristocracy
- B. democracy
- C. oligarchy
- D. plutocracy
The legislature checks the excesses of the executive through
- A. appointment of civil servants
- B. screening of governors
- C. scrutiny of the budget
- D. nomination of judges
The Nigeria Police is an agency of the
- A. judicial arm of government
- B. Ministry of Defence
- C. executive arm of government
- D. Ministry of Interior
The office of the Prime Minister in Nigeria was created in
- A. 1951
- B. 1954
- C. 1959
- D. 1957
A major factor that necessitated the adoption of federalism in Nigeria was the
- A. intention of creating states
- B. diversity of culture and language
- C. abundance of natural resources
- D. low level of literacy
Franchise can be described as the right to
- A. vote at elections
- B. form political parties
- C. vote and be voted for
- D. contest in elections
In Nigeria, the foundations of federalism was laid by the
- A. Macpherson Constitution
- B. Lyttleton Constitution
- C. Clifford Constitution
- D. Richards Constitution
The major objective of pressure group is to
- A. change government
- B. form government
- C. influence government
- D. fund government