Post - Independence Constitutions - Jamb Government Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

• JAMB 1988

A common provision in the 1963 and 1979 Constitution is the

A. Registration political parties by FEDECO
B. Financing local government
C. Judicial service commission
D. Bicameral legislature for the central government

Question 17:

• JAMB 1989

Under the 1963 Constitution, federal judges were appointed by the the

A. President on the advice of the prime minister
B. Chief justice of the federation
C. Prime minister
D. Judicial service commission

Question 18:

• JAMB 1989

The 1963 Constitution of Nigeria was

A. Written and flexible
B. Written and rigid
C. Flexible and unwritten
D. Unitary and rigid

Question 19:

• JAMB 1989

Under the 1979 Constitution of Nigeria, the head of the judiciary was the

A. Attorney general and minister of justice
B. Chief justice of the federation
C. Solicitor-general and permanent secretary, federal ministry of justice
D. Chief registrar of the supreme court

Question 20:

• JAMB 1991

Which of these constitutions recognised local government as the third tier of government

A. The 1963 constitution
B. The 1960 constitution
C. The 1963 constitution
D. The 1979 constitution