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The local government system that cut across all other systems in modern day local government structure is the
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The local government is categorized into the following but_______
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The 1950 Eastern Local Government Reform established three types of local government councils namely: the county, and local councils.
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Which regime dissolved all the democratic structures at the local government?
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Indirect rule system was least successful in the ________
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The __local government system is associated with the newly independent nations
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The discretion to confer upon others the need to use their judgement in meeting specific problems within the framework of their duties is the essence of ________
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In the pre-colonial Igbo societies, authority was______
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The structuring of local administration around traditional political institutions refers to the _system.
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In the Eastern region of Nigeria __was appointed for the purpose of local administration.
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The passage of the__ in Western region precipitated the transformation in the local government system.
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The local government is classified as______
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The conception that certain functions of government that are local in character should be locally administered and controlled is attributed to________
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The 'non-Western' pattern of local government is associated with the _countries of the world
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During which administration were candidates for local government elections expected to identify with the head of state to be cleared for or to win elections?
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The performance of administrative and political responsibilities during the military era was the prerogative of the
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The loss of confidence of the subjects in the King during the pre-colonial Yoruba societies, culminates in the presentation of
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In the Western part of the country, under the military regime of Gen. Yakubu Gowon, replaced the sole administration.
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Decentralization is made up the following variances except________
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The transfer of decisionmaking authority to legally incorporated sub-national units of a local government is_________
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The appointment of caretaker committee by the Abacha Regime had serving as secretaries.
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The decentralization of local government authority does not occur in________
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In the Yoruba pre-colonial Yoruba societies, the executive was referred to as
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Privatization is a form of decentralization which all of the following except __ enter into private partnership(PPP) to provide goods and services for the local community.
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The third arm of government exists to serve the ______
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The two tier local government system adopted by the Eastern states and then Bendel state to achieve social and economic development were
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In local administrative machinery, a prefect is a_______
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In the pre-colonial Yoruba societies, the was a tool used by the Ogboni cult to consult the gods of the land
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Local governments are also conceived as __ state.
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The local government is created by_______
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The conferring of specified authority to a lower authority is______
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One of the unique features of the Oyo army was that, its leader, the Are-OnaKakanfo was _in the hands of the enemies.
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In local government administration, the is assigned the responsibility for the administration of a department.
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A system of local government which is highly centralised is the________
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The principle of in the British local government system prevents rigid and absolute control from the central government.
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The traditional council is charged to act as an _body to the local government.
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The traditional council intituted by the 1976 reform was composed of and _.
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The major intention of the Murtala Mohammed and Olusegun Obasanjo 1976 reform was to stabilise and government at the local level.
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The break from the colonial tradition of native administration was effected in_______
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Delegation is said to be full when complete powers are conferred on the _______
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As a third tier of government, the local government has its own administrative structure such as the executive, legislature and
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The deconcentration of local government authority is typical of ______
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A political sub-division, which are created within a state for the exercise of duties and responsibilities granted by constitutional provisions or legislative enactments refers to
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In the pre-colonial administration, the Sarakuna depicted the_______
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The essence of breaking government into segments or smaller units is for______
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Which administrative staff is appointed by the chairperson in consultation with the local government council
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The Abdulsalami Abubakar military regime NOT only dissolved elected local government councils but replaced career civil servants with
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A local government commission charged with the responsibilities for the recruitment and management of personnel is the
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In formulating policies and programmes for the good governance of the council, local government has _political powers.
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The __pre-colonial administration was structured to reflect the three arms of the modern state
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