SS2 Government

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1st term

1. Meaning/definition of civil service
2. Characteristics of civil service
3. Structures of civil service
4. Functions of civil service
5. Control of civil service
6. Problems of civil service
7. Executive class
8. Clerical class
9. Ethic, honesty, integrity
10. Meaning of civil service commission
11. Structure of the commission
12. Functions of the commission
13. Relationship between the civil service and political executives.
14. Definition of public corporations.
15. Reasons for establishing public corporations
16. Functions of public corporation
17. Comparison of the organisation
18. Reasons for the control of public corporation
19. Types of control
20. Problems facing public corporation
21. Definition of commercialization
22. Reasons for commercialization
23. Merits and demerits of commercialization in Nigeria
24. Definition of privatization
25. Reasons for privatization
26. Merits and demerits of privatization in Nigeria.
27. Meaning of deregulation
28. Reasons for deregulation
29. Advantages and disadvantages of deregulation in Nigeria.
30. Meaning of local government administration
31. Reasons for the creation of local government in Britain and France
32. The evolution of local government in Nigeria
33. Structure of local government in Nigeria
34. Local government sources of finance
35. Relationship among local, state and federal government in Nigeria
36. Roles of traditional rulers in local government administration
37. 1976, local government reforms
38. Problems facing local governments in Nigeria

2nd term

1. System of administration in pre-colonial Hausa-Fulani government
2. Structure of the system of government: Hausa-Fulani
3. Igbo pre-colonial political system of government.
4. The structure of the government in pre-colonial Igbo political system.
5. System of government in pre-colonial Yoruba
6. The structure of the pre-colonial Yoruba system of government
7. Definition of indirect rule
8. Reasons for introducing indirect rule in Nigeria
9. Principles and structures of indirect rule on British colonial administration
10. Reasons for the success of indirect rule in northern Nigeria.
11. Reasons for the failure of indirect rule in southern Nigeria.
12. French administration policy of assimilation and association.
13. Problems of policy of assimilation
14. Reasons for change from assimilation to association
15. Comparison of British and French colonial policies of administration
16. Definition of nationalism
17. Factors that led to the rise and growth of nationalism in Nigeria.
18. Effects of nationalism in Nigeria
19. The activities of Nigerian nationalists

3rd term

1. Hugh Clifford’s constitution of 1922
2. Features of Hugh Clifford's Constitution of 1922
3. Merits and demerits of Hugh Clifford's Constitution of 1922
4. Features of Arthur Richards Constitution of 1946/47
5. Merits and demerits of Arthur Richards Constitution of 1946/47
6. Macpherson Constitution of 1951
7. Features of the Macpherson Constitution of 1951
8. Merits and demerits of the Macpherson Constitution of 1951
9. Oliver Lyttleton’s Constitution of 1954
10. Features of Oliver Lyttleton’s Constitution of 1954
11. Merits and demerits of Oliver Lyttleton’s Constitution of 1954
12. Merits and demerits of the constitutional conferences
13. Features of the Independence Constitution of 1960
14. Merits and demerits of the Independence Constitution of 1960
15. Features of the Republican Constitution of 1963 (Parliamentary)
16. Merits and demerits of the Republican Constitution of 1963 (Parliamentary)
17. Features of the 1979 Presidential Constitution
18. Merits and demerits of the 1979 Presidential Constitution
19. Features of the 1999 Constitution
20. Merits and demerits of the 1999 Constitution
21. Problems of Nigerian federalism
22. Nature and structure of Nigerian federalism