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1. For service to be effective and efficient, the first principle of good leadership in administration is _of authority.

2. The four regions in the country were abolished and replaced with by Maj. Gen J.T.U. Aguiyi Ironsi.

3. The late President

Yar’Adua in recognition of

the flawed nature of

elections set up the -----

reform panel.

4. When a state or

government is in the hands

of a few people, it is said to

be an

The presidential system of
government is anchored on
the twin mechanisms of
and

6. The policy of ‘Divide and Rule’ is treaceable to the _.

7. In administration, top administrative officials are responsible to the representatives of the people.

8. The ------ committee

submitted that the

appointment of Chairman of

the Independent National

Electoral Commission

(INEC) should not be made

by the President.

9. The authority from which

the Constitution of Nigeria,

1999 (as amended) is

made is contained in the ---

---

Preface Proposal Statute Preamble D

MCQ The

10. Who made

recommendations

concerning the granting of

autonomy to the

Independent National

Electoral Commission? -----

11. In Nigeria, the National

Assembly is the legislature

at the

_level

12. The State is permanent

while the government is ----

-

13. The lower legislative

chamber is generally more

popular in character and

broad based in

representation because ----

14. The 1945 general strike, which almost paralysed the economic activities of the colonial power in Nigeria made late Pa Imoudu Nigeria labour _.

15. Which type of bureaucracy functions effectively in an atmosphere of consent and confidence? _.

The Economic and
Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) was
first under the chairmanship
of ------

17. A

_refers to a group of people

who believe they have the

followings in common:

culture, language, history,

tradition, and religion in a

fixed territory.

18. The mechanism adopted to

defend a country's

corporate existence from

either external invasion or

internal insurrection

includes all of the following

except ------

19. The origin of Political parties in the colonial era in Nigeria is traceable to the _constitution of 1922.

20. A

is the machinery through

which the purpose of a

state is achieved

21. The Odua Peoples’ Congress (OPC), Arewa Peoples ‘Congress (APC) and Egbesu and Bakassi Boys groups in Nigeria are examples of ethnic

22. In which weekly meeting

are major policy decisions

concerning the country

deliberated? -----

23. The

is a system of dual

executive in which there is

separation between the

head of state and the head

of government

24. In Nigeria, when a judge

retires on the attainment of

65 years of age, their

appointment is

subsequently made on a ---

-- basis after meeting

certain requirements.

25. Nigeria adopted the federal system in the year

26. Section ------ of the

Constitution of the Federal

Republic of Nigeria, 1999

(as amended) vests

executive powers in Mr.

President.

27. The charging of judicial

salaries based on first line

presupposes the existence

of an existence of a -----

which only the council can

manipulate for a purpose.

28. The ----- panel was headed

by the former Chief Justice

of Nigeria -----

Nigeria adopted the
American type presidential
system of government in
_.

30. Who performs oversight

functions on the Executive?

------

The first major and bold
step taken by late President
Yar’Adua on assumption of
office was the ------

32. The two legislative

chambers in Nigeria is

known as

33. The doctrine of separation

of powers could be traced

to

34. In the ----- model of

democracy there is ‘fusion

of powers’.

35. Montesquieu, held that

States are of three types

namely

,

and

36. The following are the

characteristics of a state

except ------

37. The following are extra

ministerial departments and

agencies set up to handle

specialized functions

except -----

38. An administrative/constitutional arrangement in which two or more sovereign and independent states agree to come together to have a central but weak government is known as _.

39. The absolute and unlimited

authority which a State

possesses confers on it ----

40. The following except ------

are the forms of

government identified by

Aristotle.

41. In Nigeria members of both

Upper and Lower

Legislative Houses are -----

42. Britain operates a unitary government but with a legislature.

43. The proposition that a country’s constitution must be unitary , if it is uni-lingual or uni-national is credited to

44. The doctrine of fusion of

powers is practised in the

_system of government

45. The Babangida’s regime,

experimented with all sorts

of political contrivances

under the guise of -----

46. Public administration is very closely related to the study of political science. True or False

47. Legislatures are either

_or

48. The _constitution introduced the elective principle.

49. What principle governs a unitary constitution?

50. A primary purpose of

government is ------