2011 - JAMB Government Past Questions and Answers - page 4

Under the 1963 Republican Constitution, the power of judicial review was vested in the Supreme Court.

This power of judicial review means the power to declare any Federal or Regional Law unconstitutional if seen to be inconsistent with with any provision in the constitution.

The rules and regulations of the civil service are called General Order.

The rules and regulations guiding the behavior and career of workers at both federal and state levels are written down in a book known as the General Order (G.O). The G.O covers all the functions of the civil servants from recruitment to retirement, promotion, transfer, discipline, channels of communication, allowances, training courses, various levels, handling of public funds, etc.

The Code of Conduct Bureau was essentially established to reduce corruption in public life.

The Code of Conduct Bureau works with its own Code of Conduct Tribunal, where corrupt public officers are punished according to the gravity of the offence including dismissal from the office, forfeiture of any property acquired in abuse or corruption of office.

As already has indicated above the essence of the existence of Code of Conduct Bureau is to maintain national ethics, eliminate corruption and then encourage productivity in the polity.

UPN was the first to be formed when the ban on politics was lifted in 1978.

On September 31, 1978, General Obasanjo lifted ban partisan politics after 12 years of military rule. Unity Party of Nigeria was then formed on September 22, 1978 by Chief Obafemi Awolowo.

The principle of federal character was adopted in order to promote equitable allocation of positions and appointments among people of various regions.

Federal Character Commission is one of the provisions of the 1999 Constitution . It was then put down as follows: Federal Character Commission to have a chairman and one person to represent each of the states and Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Its responsibly is to work out equitable formula subject to approval of the National Assembly for the distribution of all cadres of posts in the Public services of the Federation and the States, armed forces, the police and other relevant government organizations.

The component units of the Nigerian Federation comprises federal,state,local government and federal capital territory.

In Nigeria, privatization and commercialization policies were introduced to divest government major control of commercial ventures.

By effecting privatization, the government achieves some economic objectives and policy measures.

Privatization of public enterprise can make them less dependent on government for funding, since they will now work to generate enough profit for self-sustenance.

Nigerian Television Authority is an example of a public corporation in Nigeria.

It should be recalled that Public Corporation is government establishment or enterprises set up by an Act of Parliament (or Decree or Edicts incase of Military Regime) to provide essential services such as electricity, postal services, pipe borne water, etc.

The aim is to render essential services at a very low cost.

Some examples of public corporations are water corporation, NITEL, NTA, NEPA, (Now known as Power Holden Company of Nigeria) NNPC ETC.

Following the reformation of the Native Authority system in Northern Nigeria, traditional rulers became Chief-in-council.

By 1952,the Northern region abolished the sole Native Authority and put in its place, Chief-in-council. This was later replaced with Chief-in-Council System.

Akwa Ibom and Katsina States created Gen Ibrahim Babangida.

The Political Bureau which was set up in 1986 by General Ibrahim Babangida recommended that additional six state should be created from the existing nineteen states but the Armed Forces Ruling Council under Babangida completely rejected the recommendation and created two additional states. The states were Akwa Ibom with Uyo as the capital and Katsina with Katsina as the capital.