2018 - JAMB Government Past Questions and Answers - page 7

Nigeria gain her independence on 1 October 1960 and became a republic on 1 October 1963.

The Premier of Western region immediately after Independence was Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola

Delegated legislation is the act of transferring power and functions through the acts of parliament to other organisations such as ministers, local governments, public corporations etc. Laws made by these bodies are referred to as bye-laws.

Bye-Laws are rules and regulations made by local government authorities or local councils, public corporations and other similar bodies for the smooth running of their responsibility. These bye-laws have effects only within the areas of jurisdiction of these authorities that made them.

Separation of powers, refers to the division of responsibilities (eg. government responsibilities) into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another. The main goal of separation of power is to prevent the concentration of power and provide for checks and balances.

Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari was the first president of the federal republic of Nigeria during the second republic (between the years 1979 and 1983). His government was overthrown by the military.

A nation is a people with common values, common people, common history and heritage.

"a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory".