ECOWAS - Jamb Government Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

• JAMB 1979

COWAS represents

A. The English- speaking equivalent of the Franco phone economic community in West Africa
B. An attempt to progressively eliminate obstacles to free movement of goods, services and people throughout West Africa
C. The West African regional arm of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
D. A continent- wide economic dimension of pan-Africanism
E. A concrate achievement by the Economic Commission for Africa (EGA)

Question 2:

• JAMB 1980

The Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) came into being

A. Through the combined efforts of Gambia Ivory Cost and Liberia
B. To promote economic growth and development through freer and expanded trade between its members
C. To enable the sixteen member states surrender their sovereignties to a supranational regional community
D. To help the poorest countries in the region catch up with the richer one
E. To establish mutual defence and security arrangements between members

Question 3:

• JAMB 1982

Where is the administrative headquarters of ECOWAS?

A. Lome
B. Accra
C. Abidjan
D. Lagos
E. Cotonou

Question 4:

• JAMB 1983

The ECOWAS treaty was signed in 1975 in

A. Accra
B. Banjul
C. Freetown
D. Abidjan
E. Lagos

Question 5:

• JAMB 1985

ECOWAS IS

A. An international military/defence organization
B. A regional economic organization
C. A trans-national religious group
D. A west african English speaking organization
E. An international organ of the United Nation