POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA - Jamb Government Past Questions and Answers

Question 586:

• JAMB 2010

The General Purpose Committee of the local government is

A. Cabinet of the local government
B. Body responsible for supervising self-help projects
C. Local government public relations unit
D. Body for awarding contracts

Question 587:

• JAMB 2010

The highest organ of the state during Babangida Regime was the

A. Provisional Ruling Council
B. Armed Forces Ruling Council
C. Supreme Military Council
D. Federal Executive Council

Question 588:

• JAMB 2010

Decree 34 of 1966 was unacceptable to many Nigerians because it was

A. Seen as an instrument of impoverishment
B. Promulgated without consultation with the people
C. Perceived to abolish the federal system
D. Considered as alien

Question 589:

• JAMB 2011

In pre-colonial Igboland, autocratic rule was made difficult by the

A. Fear of dethronement
B. Absence of a centralized system of authority
C. Pressure from age grades
D. Activities of cult societies

Question 590:

• JAMB 2011

The Yoruba traditional system of government was

A. Republican
B. Democratic
C. Monarchical
D. Egalitarian