The following were features of the French policy of Assimilation except
- A. centralized administration
- B. recognition of chieftaincy institution
- C. limited education
- D. indigent policy
Auditing the accounts of public corporations amounts to
- A. media control
- B. judicial control
- C. public control
- D. financial control
The laws of the pre-colonial African system were
- A. written
- B. codified
- C. unwritten
- D. rigid
The money given by the central government to local authorities is known as
- A. block grants
- B. capital expenditure
- C. loans
- D. royalities
Collection of rates is a source of revenue to
- A. civil servants
- B. public corporation
- C. local authorities
- D. central government
The central government can reduce annual subventions to public corporations through
- A. parliamentary control
- B. ministrial control
- C. judicial control
- D. public control
Red-tapism in the civil service is a product of
- A. democracy
- B. autocracy
- C. bureaucracy
- D. theocracy
Neutrality in the civil service means that
- A. the government can seek or replace top civil servants
- B. officials can only be removed from office due to ill-health
- C. civil servants should be loyal to the governement and non-partisan
- D. officials need to defend the budget in parliament
A pressure group formed only by teachers is
- A. a promotional group
- B. an occupational group
- C. a religious group
- D. an economic group
Which of the following is not a problem of an electoral commission in West Africa?
- A. Electoral malpractices
- B. Inadequate personnel
- C. Inadquate funds
- D. Registration of voters
Which of the following is not an aim of pressure groups?
- A. Contesting election
- B. Agitating for interests
- C. Influencing government decision
- D. Educating their members
The body responsible for conducting and supervising elections in West African countries is called
- A. embudsman
- B. electoral commission
- C. election observers
- D. constituent assembly
A factor that could make elections to be free and fair is the
- A. existence of dependent electoral commission
- B. adoption of a flexible consitution
- C. opportunity for people to vote twice
- D. registration of eligible voters
Which of the following is not a factor that promotes democratic electoral system?
- A. poltical consciousness
- B. periodic election
- C. up-to-date electoral register
- D. popularity of the governor
Which of the following is not a factor that promotes democratic electoral system?
- A. poltical consciousness
- B. periodic election
- C. up-to-date electoral register
- D. popularity of the governor
Universal Adult Suffrage is popular because it
- A. allows for equal political representation
- B. allows for greater political participation
- C. encourages a multi-party system
- D. ensures equal performance of all poltical parties
The purpose of an election is to
- A. allow people to participate in choosing their leaders
- B. provide social amenities for the electorate
- C. give political education to the rich
- D. allow the counting of votes in public
Which of the following is an example of a general election?
- A. Bye-election
- B. Presidential election
- C. Local election
- D. Student union election
Which of the following is a limitation to Universal Adult Suffrage?
- A. Wealth
- B. Age
- C. Race
- D. Sex
In limited franchise, restriction on voting can be based on
- A. height
- B. property
- C. strength
- D. exposure
Which of the following West African countries practised a one-party system?
- A. Benin
- B. Nigeria
- C. Ghana
- D. Liberia