2009 - JAMB Government Past Questions and Answers - page 2

Incessant interference by government militates against the efficiency and productivity of public corporations in Nigeria. Sometimes government make them to do things which may not be in the good interest of the corporation.

The power to nominate members of the judiciary at the federal level under the 1999 Constitution is vested in the National Judiciary Council. According to 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the National Judicial Council shall have power to:-

a. recommend to the President from among the list of persons submitted to it by-

b. the federal judicial service commission persons for appointment to the offices of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, the Justice of the Supreme Court, etc.

c. the judicial service committee of the federal capital territory, Abuja, person for appointment to the offices of the High Court of the federal capital territory, Abuja, etc.

Prior to 1976, the Local government system practised in Northern Nigerian Nigeria was Chief-in-Council.By 1952, the Northern region abolished the sole Native Authority and put in its place, Chief-in-Council and Chief-and-Council and. The democratization process in the Northern region was further aided by the Native Authority Law of 1954 which was amended by the Northern Nigeria Law of 1963. They provided for five Native Authorities including Chief-in-Council and the Federal Native Authorities.

In the segmented Tiv society,governance was usually confined to chiefdom . The Tivs were formally traditional worshipers, but some are now Christians. They are ruled by their Chief called Tor Tiv.

National Congress of British West Africa influenced nationalist activities in Nigeria.

The Congress mobilized educated elites-in-the four British colonies. Other activities of the Congress include:

1. Radical Approach to the National Activities

2. Unification of four West African Colonies

3.Delegation to London

4. Identification of shortcomings

5. Enlightenment of the people of West Africa, etc.

NAP was the party that did not control any state in the Second Republic. Nigeria Advanced Party (NAP) was not recognized for the 1979 election. The reason was that it was unable to establish branches in 13 states of the federation as stipulated by FEDECO. In the 1983 general elections, which the party contested, it did not win a single seat in all the constituencies.

Pacification refers to a process through which some areas in Nigeria were acquired by peaceful negotiations

Counter-trade was introduced by the government led by Ibrahim Babangida

A major limitation of the Commonwealth is that, it lacks the power to compel member-nations to comply with its decisions, such as the United Nations Organization (UNO)

The economic Community of West African States was formed on may 28, 1975 by fifteen countries and that was Organization, ECOWAS now stands at fifteen, with the withdrawal of Mauritania, one of the founding members.