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POL216
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The local government has the political to adjust governmental programmes to suit local conditions and initiatives.
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The _military regime was the most fundamental in terms of local government reforms.
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Devolution entails the _______
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A system of local government which is highly centralised is the________
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The local government reforms of the 1950's was instituted by the
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The military administration that elevated the status and functions of the local government was the
7 / 50
The administrative structure of Nigeria changed with the creation of twelve states from the existing four regions in
8 / 50
The conferring of specified authority to a lower authority is______
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The third arm of government exists to serve the ______
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Appointment of an agent at the local government by the central government is synonymous with________
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Under the military, all existing local government councils were replaced with
12 / 50
The executive cabinet form of local government administration instituted during the 1985-1993 military administration was composed of the chairman and _.
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The decentralization of local government authority does not occur in________
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The devolution category accords the local governments the powers to source for their_______
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Delegation is said to be full when complete powers are conferred on the _______
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The pre-colonial Oyo Empire structured its three arms of government to reflect the _,_,
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The local government system where all subordinate units of government operate and take directions from the central decision-making body is________
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A senior civil servant and a representative of the central government in any assigned area of jurisdiction within the local government is the______
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Delegation is conditional when the action of a subordinate is _______
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During the Abacha regime, local government elections were conducted first on non-party basis, before the _basis
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Which administrative staff is appointed by the chairperson in consultation with the local government council
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The underlying basis of local government is the principle of_______
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In which local government system are institutions distinctively seperated from those of the central government
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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 which local government system is local independence restricted due to extensive application of control
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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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THe form of local government administration in Western Nigeria during the colonial rule was_______
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The traditional council is charged to act as an _body to the local government.
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A community of persons occupying a defined territory with independent and organized government is a______
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The model of local government administration that lays emphasis on development administration is 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 vetting and monitoring of the implementation of projects and programmes in the annual budget is a _function of the local government.
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The essence of breaking government into segments or smaller units is for______
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The appointment of caretaker committee by the Abacha Regime had serving as secretaries.
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When an authority is free to act without reservations, delegation is said to be_______
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The advancement of the political education and enlightenment of the people are aspects of local governments.
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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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The council-manager model type of local government administration provided for a
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Which board under the 1976 reform performed personnel management functions.
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In local government administration, the chairperson withholds assent in exercise of
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Nigeria adopted the United states and Canada councilmanager model type of local government administration in
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The local government is classified as______
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The local government is subordinate to the__government.
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In the pre-colonial Igbo societies, the village head or the council membership were NOT_____
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In the pre-colonial administrationof Yoruba societies, the Oyomesi Council is below the _______
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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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Under the Babangida military regime, the statutory allocations to local governments was increased from 10% to
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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 January, 1966 military administration in Nigeria was not geared towards fostering political participation but enhancing
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In the pre-colonial Benin Kingdom, the Uzama council of chiefs or councillors are the ________
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