2011 - JAMB Government Past Questions and Answers - page 5

Under the 1999 Constitutions of the Federal Republic of Nigeria , the appointment and posting of members of election tribunal on the elections conducted by INEC is the responsibility of the President,Court of Appeal.

According to the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria (Promulgation) 1999 No. 24 A1099:

1. A National Assembly Election Tribunal shall consist of a Chairman and Four other members.

2. The Chairman shall be a Judge of High Court and the four other members shall be appointed from among judges of high court, Kadis of a Sharia Court of Appeal, Judges of a Customary Court of Appeal or other members of the judiciary not below the ran of a Chief Magistrate.

3. The Chairman and other members shall be appointed by the President of the Court of Appeal in consultation with the Chief Judge of the Stat, Grand Kadi of the Sharia Court of Appeal of the State or the President of the Customary Court of Appeal of the State, as the case may be.

Rhodesia was the former name of Zimbabwe.

It could be recalled that Nigerian Government supported the expulsion of South Africa from Commonwealth in 1961. The same Nigerian government championed international boycotts against Ian Smith of Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe) in 1965.

The adoption of non-alignment as a principle of Nigeria's foreign policy was aimed at insulating Nigeria against having to take side in the Cold War.

Coming to the definition of Non-Alignment, it could be seen as a concept which analyses the ways former colonial territories including Nigeria desired after their independence to stay out of the rivalries between the world super powers and power blocs. The former colonies while taking very active part in world affairs, remain unattached to any of the power blocs.

Correct Answer: Option E From all indication, none of the above option is the correct answer.

The movement was founded in April 1955. The purpose of the organization as stated in the Havana Declaration of 1979 is to ensure the national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of non-aligned countries'' in their struggle against imperialism, colonialism, non-colonialism and all forms of foreign egression, etc. between 1955 and 1979, the members grew from 25 to 117 Member countries.

Rilwan Lukman was a Secretary General of OPEC.

He assumed the office as Nigerian and served from January 1,1995-31st December 2000

Togo was the country which pioneered the idea of ECOWAS alongside Nigeria.

The origin of ECOWAS can be traced to the 1972 when Nigeria's Head of State by then, General Yakubu Gowon and the President of Togo, Gnassingbe Eyadema, had so many meetings about the importance of forming an economic organization for West African States. At last they succeeded to convince other West African leaders about the need to have an economic union. The efforts of these two West African heads of states respectively were rewarded with success when 15 heads of state and government in West Africa came together in Lagos, the capital of Nigeria on 28th May, 1975 and signed the 65-article ECOWAS Treaty.

The League of Nations was the international organization which was in existence before the second world war.

After the First World War which took place from 1914 - 1918, the League of Nations was formed to prevent the occurrence of further wars in the world. The League of Nations was weak and could not prevent the second world war 1939-1945.

The organ of the United Nations responsible for the approval of its annual budget is the General Assembly.

General Assembly is composed of Representatives of all the members of nations of the organization. It normally meets once a year for about three months between September and December.

Some of the functions are as follows:

1. It is the principal organ of the organization

2. It discusses matters concerning the world peace and security, then passes resolutions which are recommended to the Security Council.

3. It discusses and approves annual budget of the organization prepared by the Secretariat.

4. It approves the appointment of the Secretary General of the United Nations

5. It admits new members into the organization, etc.

Each member state is represented on the Board of Governors of OPEC for a period of 2 years.

Representatives of member states make up this body called Board of Governors. A representative is referred to as Governor.

Each Governor has only one vote and stays for a term of two years. The Board meets two times a year. The administration of OPEC is in the hands of this organ.