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1. The right to participate in
political decision making
relates to -----
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2. The rights to development,
social and physical
environment as well as
peace are known as -----
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3. The
democratic system
restrains the arbitrary
exercise of state power and
ensures the respect for the
rights of the citizens.
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4. When a citizen supports
and complies with just
institutions, such action is in
accord with the principle of
_.
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5. What can be regarded as
the most privileged form of
nationality?
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6. He posited that a State is
founded when ‘a leader,
with his band of warriors,
gets permanent control of a
definite territory of a
considerable size’: ------
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7. Prior the emergences of the
nation state, members of
society were governed by
masters who own land
under the
_system of government.
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8. What organ is regarded as
competent by everyone to
formulate and create
binding legal norms in any
domestic society ------
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9. In the
_theory John Locke argued
that man had liberties and
rights that antedated
political society.
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10. One important
characteristic of the state is
that it takes place in the
context of the ----- to which
all are subordinate.
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11. The phrase “sense of
autonomy” or “self
determination” means
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12. Who argued that the State
is at “the centre of
continuous struggle with
other organizations, over
the right and ability to make
binding rules in society”: ----
--
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13. The main task of
safeguarding the personal
and civil rights of its citizens
is that of the
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14. The laws of society is only
legitimate to the extent that
the ------- rights of citizens
are respected.
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15. Negative rights or negative
liberty means ------
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16. The notion that the state is
a ‘neutral, though coercive,
force’ is a proposition by ----
-- theorists
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17. The declaration of the
Rights of Man and the
citizen was occasioned by
the French Revolution in
the year
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18. When a government has
the legal right of making
decisions which people are
required to obey; and the
right to use coercion to
enforce its laws , it means -
-----
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19. The essential attributes of a
state as a contracted
human
organization/institution is its
provision of
_Goods
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20. The social contract theory
of Rousseau was inspired
by -----
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21. For Hegel, while conflicts
and their resolutions may
be inevitable features of
any society, the state exists
to ----
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22. Direct action can be likened
to
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23. The bill of
_is the entitlement which no
just government should
refuse its citizens
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24. When sovereignty is
supreme, final and
absolute, it is said to be -----
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25. The principle of natural duty
is premised on the two
principles of
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26. The ----- theory is premised
on" an agreement entered
into by men and and
women who originally had
no governmental
organization which resulted
into a state.
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27. The implication of states
being members of African
Union (AU), United Nations
(UN) is that the state will be
------ of the international
organization.
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28. The premise of ------- theory
is that a state is a power,
separated from, in fact
standing above society.
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29. An absolute State,
according to Hobbes, is
based on ----
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30. The
theory is an agreement
entered into by men&
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31. The
_theory provided a basis for
articulating limited political
obligation.
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32. Positive rights or positive
liberty implies ------
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33. The emergence of rights is
traceable to the doctrine of
natural
_of man
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34. The Secondary Imperatives
of the State are ------ in
nature
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35. The provision of public
goods by a state is justified
by the ------
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36. In which nature of rights
was personal, civil and
political rights merged into
a single category
_
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37. The
_nature of the African
society is the basis of
denying any inalienable
rights to individual citizens.
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38. The ----- are the essential
attributes a state provides
its citizens.
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39. Nigeria was amalgamated
in 1914 by sir
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40. The state is bound by the
supreme law of the land
called the
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41. Negative and Positive rights
are two natures of
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42. The freedom from
interference of others
presupposes
and
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43. The Hegelian Organic and
Liberal-Democratic
Theories agree on ------
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44. The valid social contract for
all in a political system is
based on the
_which a citizen is entitled
to within a given state.
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45. This principle of justice in
political obligation is
associated with the general
administration of
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46. Thoreau, Gandhi, Martin
Luther King and Ralph
Abernathy among others
are theorists of the
_character of civil
disobedience.
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47. The process which
encompasses the practice
of quotas, set-asides,
weighing gender as a
priority with the objective of
enhancing equal
opportunity is known as
_action
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48. What is the premise of a
citizen’s obligation to the
state?
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49. The goods which, by their
character, cannot be shared
out among their
beneficiaries can be said to
be
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50. The placing of the individual
at the centre of the society
presupposes ------
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51. The fourth and final
objective of the state is -----
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52. _and are the two defining
features of public goods.
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53. In the Nigerian society
there is ------ because most
people do not comply with
most laws most of the time.
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54. What limits the power of
government in any given
State?
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55. The function of the state in
ensuring fair play is
couched in ------
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56. Legal protection and
access to the courts of law
entitlements are known as
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57. Sovereignty is legal when it
is ----- that fall within the
jurisdiction of sovereignty
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58. The obligation of the citizen
to obey the laws of the
state is dependent upon the
government ------
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59. The claim which the
individual can make both on
the state as well as on
other citizens is known as
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60. Regionalization in Nigeria
was instituted in the bid to
operationalize the
_principle.
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61. Utilitarianism is premised
on
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62. The bane of ------ is that
each individual has certain
inherent rights linked to
human nature.
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63. The idea that an individual
has certain inherent rights
which are connected to
human nature is at the core
of
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64. The Two Treaties of
Government can be
credited to -----
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65. One of the conditions of
civil society is that the state
------
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66. The principle of fairness
and the principle of natural
duties are notions which
constitute the bane of
_obligation.
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67. _is when a citizen not only
loves his/her country but is
willing to defend the
integrity.
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68. The principle of
_underlines a citizen’s
obligation to an institution
or state.
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69. For Locke, unlike Hobbes,
power resides with ----- and
not with the Government.
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70. From a moral angle ----- are
more fundamental than the
existing laws of society.
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71. The
_theory is against the redistribution of wealth
through the State
machinery
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72. Constitutional or limited
government means -----
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73. The most significant
component of British
constitutional bill of rights is
the great charter of
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74. The state is an association
of human beings with the
appearance of ------ for
political ends
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75. The power which the
government of a state
posseses to enforce the law
entrenched in the
constitution is known as
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76. _liberty motivates purposes
which are rationally selfdetermined, as opposed to
irrational passions.
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77. According to W.K.
Frankena(1966) an
individual’s principle of
action is a moral one if it
satisfies two of the following
criteria ------
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78. The ----- is greater than an
individual or any of it
constituent units.
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79. The Nigerian Civil Service
was regionalised in the
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80. According to Hegel, the
state is a rational order
which exists, essentially, to
achieve ----
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81. Civil Society means a form
of__
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82. The American Declaration
of Independence was in ----
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83. Citizenship as defined by
_denotes all persons whom
a state is entitled to protect.
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84. Sovereignty connotes
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85. The ultimate factor in moral
decisions and actions is not
necessarily the ‘good’ act,
but rather in the ------
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86. The competition for and
appropriation of offices of
the state for the benefit of
individual occupants and
their support groups is
known as
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87. Which duty require
individual members of a
state to refrain from
performing bad acts?
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88. The following words
‘Trancedental, inalienable,’
‘primordial’ can also be
used in reference to
_rights.
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89. The type of political protest
in which the dissenter uses
his/her own body as a lever
to pry loose the policy of
government is a civil
disobedient act referred to
as
_action.
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90. A government of laws is by
definition a
_government.
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91. Prima facie moral obligation
means -----
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92. This is considered to be the
first exponent of the idea of
natural individual rights: ----
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93. The text 'A Theory of
Justice' is credited to
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94. According to Hume, among
savage tribes the long
continuance of the state
made people to -----
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95. This refers to the socially
constructed roles,
responsibilities, norms, and
stereotypes accorded to
women and men in relation
to the question of
citizenship: --------
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96. The rights to minimum of
vital necessities such as
food, shelter and aid refer
to ------
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97. The democratic tradition
was inspired by ------
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98. This differentiates the
modern state from the
feudal or traditional society:
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99. In the impersonal state, the
status of a citizen was that
of a
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100. The provision of economic
and social goods by the
state to the poor citizens
makes the state a
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101. The ---- is capable of
regulating and affecting the
actions of man, including
that of the state.
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102. The principle of natural
duties and the principle of
are two distinctive
principles of justice
according to Rawls.
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103. In which theory does
fundamental human right
operate as structural device
for government.
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104. The transcendence of
subjects to the new status
of a citizen comes with -----
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105. John Locke is the first
exponent of the
_individual rights.
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106. The ---- is for man and not
man for the ----
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107. The Patriarchal theory was
derived from one of the
following sources
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108. Fundamental benefits to the
citizens such as national
defence, good roads, health
programmes are refered to
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109. Free speech, free press,
the rights to assembly and
organization are examples
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110. The duties of fidelity, of
reparation, of gratitude, of
justice, and of selfimprovement are examples
of -----
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111. The
_feature is applicable to the
availability of collective
goods to all members in a
group in a state.
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112. For rights to be legal and
enforceable it must be
recognised as law by the
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113. The entitlement of a set of
rights and obligations
confers the status of
on the individual.
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114. The phrase Prima facie was
used first in the
classification of ------
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115. The Latin word
‘Superamus’ means -----
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116. The ----- theory of the state
is adjudged as old
fashioned.
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117. The proponents of natural
justice advocate for political
rights being sacred and
sacrosanct in order to -----
of the state.
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118. The notion that the state is
force’ is a proposition of
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119. National defence, good
roads, health programmes,
law and order are examples
of ------
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120. Which political system
guarantees fundamental
human rights?
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121. The ----- theory conceived
the State as an extension of
the family.
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122. The ----- is larger than the
political system.
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123. The ------ concept assumes
that nothing is desired for
its own sake, except
pleasure.
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124. The concept of law is
regarded as a ----- of the
sovereign state directed to
the subjects as a regulator
of conduct.
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125. The ---- theory proposed
that the 'state is the result
of the subjugation of the
weaker by the stronger'
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126. and
_are the two perspectives
of liberty by Isaiah Berlin.
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127. The formal distinction
between indigenes and
non-indigenes who are not
members of the native
community living in the area
of authority is
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128. The state has to transcend
being a “set of broad
organizing principles which
constitutes the enduring
and continuous pattern of
rule and governance” into a
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129. The classical 1969 essay
tilted “Two concepts of
liberty” owes its credit to ----
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130. When a citizen goes on
hunger strike in protest
against some government
practice or policy, the action
is said to be
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131. The ------ is an essential
organ through which the
state achieves its moral
duty and obligation to
administer and render
service to the citizens of the
state.
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132. A State is founded by
successful migrations and -
----
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133. is the tendency on the part
of states to reserve their
public services exclusively
in the hands of their
indigenes or expendable
foreigners and ‘nonindigenes.
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134. The hypothetical situation
where the institutions of the
state do not exist is known
as a
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135. The most significant
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136. The patriarchal theory
posits that the foundation of
the modern State was
characterized by three
features namely
_,
.
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137. A citizens quality of being
true or faithful in the
support of his/her country is
referred to as
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138. This is one of the attributes
of rights: ------
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139. The January 1966 coup
was led by Major
Chukwuma
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140. The condition of 'warre' in
the state of nature means
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141. The ------ is known as a
contracted human
organization/institution.
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142. The patriarchal theory was
derived from the records of
the ancient law of the -----
and Hindu.
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143. The decision forcing Nigeria
to cede Bakassi Peninsula
to Cameroon was in line
with the ----- ruling.
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144. Moral reasoning is the
premise of ------
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145. The process of acquiring
citizenship when a person
is born before and after the
date of independence, if
either parents belongs to a
community indigenous to
Nigeria is by
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146. In a society fragmented into
‘contrasting interests’ the
state needs to ------
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147. The tradition of atomistic
individualism in Western
societies presupposes that
the state should be -----
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148. African societies have
argued that the ------ nature
of their society has been
the basis for the denial of
inalienable rights. to
individual citizens.
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149. The duties of fidelity,
reparation, gratitude, justice
are some of examples of
prima facie duties based on
_relations.
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150. The American Declaration
of Independence (1776)
and the French Declaration
of Human Rights (1789)
find expression in the idea
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