2002 - JAMB Government Past Questions and Answers - page 3

Legislative control of public corporations in Nigeria is affected through acts of the National Assembly.

Since public corporations are usually established by acts of parliament, the parliament is given some powers by the acts to exercise some forms of control is normally exercised by scrutinizing their accounts, the Auditors report brought before the House, questions on the activities of the corporations by parliamentarians during the question time etc.

The Ibadan Conference of 1950 was convened to discuss the provisions of the Macpherson Constitution.

Sir John Macphereson became Government of Nigeria in 1948. He then took immediate steps to review Sir Arthur Richard's Constitution of 1946 and fashioned a new constitution which came into being in 1951. To avoid the mistakes of his predecessor, Sir Arthur Richard, on the issue of consultation, the draft of Macpherson Constitution was seriously debated at the village district, provincial and regional level and later on at a General Conference held in Ibadan in the month of January 1950. The outcome of these constitutional Conferences formed the basis of the Macpherson constitution of 1951.

The fees collected by local governments at motor parks represents levies

1979 Constitution The first Nigerian constitution to provide for the fundamental objectives and directive principles of state policy.

The Constitution marked a turning point on the struggle for self determination and emancipation of Nigeria from the shackles of colonialism.

It marked the beginning of new diplomatic era, a well.

Under the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, the power to create local governments is vested in the state assembly.

The Constitution made it clear that it is the duty of the state assembly to pass the bill for the creation of new local governments other duties are conduct of referendum as well as approving the result of the referendum.

Okigbo Commission was the body set up to review the revenue allocation formula in 1980.

The commission known as the presidential commission recommended the following.

1. 55% to the federal government

2. 35% to state government and

3. 10% to local governments the Principles considered were:

1. Minimum responsibility.

2. Social development

3. Population and

4. Internal revenue effort.

In Pre-colonial Igbo society, decisions on public issues were reached mainly through consensus.

The decision were then taken back to the respective families for ratification or rejection.

The main duty of the local Government Service Commission is to supervise and manage the affairs of local governments.

The Local Government Service Commission was established in each state of the Federation in 1976 to control all services in the local governments e.g recruitment, promotion, discipline etc. of staff of the local governments.

Clifford Constitution was the constitution that introduced restricted franchise into Nigerian politics.

The elective principle was restricted to Lagos and Calabar only. Secondly, it was based on limited franchise of 12 months residential permit and $100.00 per annum.

In Nigeria, the Council of State was created by General Murtala Muhammed which is generally referred to as general Murtala Muhammed and General Murtala Muhammed and General Olusegun Obasanjo regime as Obasanjo was second in command before the assassination of General Murtala Muhammed in 1976.

The structure of this government was as follows:

1. Supreme Military Council (SMC)

2. National Council of States

3. Civil Service

4. Judiciary

5. The State Governors who were placed under the control of the Chief of Staff Supreme Military Headquarters.

6. The Federal executive Council the Structure of Military Government from 1966-1975 was as follows:

1. Supreme Military Council (SMC)

2. Federal Executive Council

3. Advisory Judicial Committee and

4. The Civil Service.