Local Government - Jamb Government Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• JAMB 2002

The main duty of the Local Government Service is to

A. Supervise and manage the affairs of local governments
B. Create job opportunities at the local level
C. Handle requests for the creation of more local governments
D. Coduct elections into local councils

Question 42:

• JAMB 2002

The abolition of the state ministries of local governments in 1989 entails that local governments

A. Are equal to the states
B. Have more control over their funds
C. No longer have anything to do with state governments
D. Are no longer surbodinates to state governments

Question 43:

• JAMB 2003

Financial allocations to local governments by the federal or the state government to supplement the cost of a project is called

A. Revenue allocation
B. Reimbursement
C. Statutory allocation
D. Matching grant

Question 44:

• JAMB 2003

The 1976 Reforms have been most beneficial to the

A. Nigerian police
B. Federal government
C. Local government
D. Civil service

Question 45:

• JAMB 2004

The 1976 Local Government Reforms in Nigeria transformed the relationship between states and local governments into one of

A. Equality
B. Master and servant
C. Subordination
D. Partnership and cooperation