POL216

During the Abacha regime,
local government elections
were conducted first on
non-party basis, before the
_basis

A system of local
government which is highly
centralised is the________

A local government
commission charged with
the responsibilities for the
recruitment and
management of personnel
is the

The military administration
that elevated the status and
functions of the local
government was the

The third arm of
government exists to serve
the ______

The local government has
the political
to adjust governmental
programmes to suit local
conditions and initiatives.

A political sub-division
created within a state for
the exercise of duties and
responsibilities is a______

In the pre-colonial Oyo
Empire the king is expected
to__after impeachment.

The __local government
system is associated with
the newly independent
nations

The last ruling army in precolonial Oyo Empire
administration was
the______

When delegation is
embodied in written forms
based on customs,
conventions and
understanding, it is said to
be______

A senior civil servant and a
representative of the central
government in any
assigned area of jurisdiction
within the local government
is the______

The 1976 local government
reform recommended
_percent(%) allocation to all
local councils from the
Federation account.

The Babangida
administration introduced
the
_presidential system of
government into local
government administration
to complement what
obtains at the state and
federal levels.

In formulating policies and
programmes for the good
governance of the council,
local government has
_political powers.

In the pre-colonial Yoruba
societies, the
was a tool used by the
Ogboni cult to consult the
gods of the land

THe form of local
government administration
in Western Nigeria during
the colonial rule
was_______

Under the military, all
existing local government
councils were replaced with

The establishment of
police-community relations
in each local government
by the 1976 reform was
geared towards

The model of local
government administration
that lays emphasis on
development administration
is the

The 1991 reforms provided
for primary
and primary
infrastructure.

Devolution entails the
_______

The British Local
government autonomy is
expressed through
its________

In local government
administration, the
is assigned the
responsibility for the
administration of a
department.

The decentralization of
local government authority
does not occur in________

When no third party
intervenes between two
parties in a delegation, it is
conceived as_______

The system of rule
operated through the native
authorities in Northern
Nigeria was

The smallest unit of
governance in Nigeria
is______

The local government is
categorized into the
following but_______

Appointment of an agent at
the local government by the
central government is
synonymous with________

In local government
administration when
delegation is made through
a third party it is _______

The transfer of decisionmaking authority to legally
incorporated sub-national
units of a local government
is_________

The customary courts in the
local government acts as
part of the

In local administrative
machinery, a prefect is
a_______

The essence of breaking
government into segments
or smaller units is
for______

The three arms of the state
can be regarded as__ of
governnance.

The January, 1966 military
administration in Nigeria
was not geared towards
fostering political
participation but enhancing

The instrument of __ is
strategic to the local
government.

Which board under the
1976 reform performed
personnel management
functions.

The __ was the major
provision of the 1957
Western region local
government reform law.

The vetting and monitoring
of the implementation of
projects and programmes in
the annual budget is a
_function of the local
government.

The judiciary in the Oyo
kingdom was anchored by
the_____

The __system of
government lays emphasis
on the autonomy of the
local government.

Which local government
reform conceived local
government as "
government of local level
exercised through
representative council
established within defined
areas?

The
to the local government
ensures budgetry control
and supervising the
accounts of all the
departments of the local
government.

The limitations of the native
authority system was
remedied in the local
government ordinance of
________

The 'non-Western' pattern
of local government is
associated with the
_countries of the world

Councilsmin the Western
region after the reform was
classified as______

The traditional council
intituted by the 1976 reform
was composed of
and
_.

The structural differentiation
feature of the local
government is evidenced
in________

The
is part of the administrative
system of every state from
the primitive time to the
contemporary

In the pre-colonial Igbo
societies, authority
was______

The advancement of the
political education and
enlightenment of the people
are
aspects of local
governments.

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.

The conferring of specified
authority to a lower
authority is______

The local government
reforms in the Western
Region introduced__

In the pre-colonial
administration, the
Sarakuna depicted
the_______

In local government
administration, the
chairperson withholds
assent in exercise of

Which of the systems in
local government
administration is highly
centralized?

The appointment of
caretaker committee by the
Abacha Regime had
serving as secretaries.

In which system does the
local traditional institutions
formulate and implement
policies for the traditional
communities.________

The traditional council is
charged to act as an
_body to the local
government.

Local governments are also
conceived as __ state.

The local government
reforms of the 1950's was
instituted by the

The 1950 Eastern Local
Government Reform
established three types of
local government councils
namely: the county,
and local councils.

The local government is
subordinate to
the__government.

In the pre-colonial Yoruba
societies, the Oyomesi
council acts as the
of the kingdom.

The political life of the Bini
people is centred on
the_______

The Abdulsalami Abubakar
military regime NOT only
dissolved elected local
government councils but
replaced career civil
servants with

Decree
_of 1991, mandated each
local government to have
and operate an executive
cabinet.

The major intention of the
Murtala Mohammed and
Olusegun Obasanjo 1976
reform was to stabilise and
government at the local
level.

The local government
system that acts more or
less as the arm of the
central government
is_______

The elevation of the local
government council to a
third tier of government in
Nigeria is associated with
the

Delegation is conditional
when the action of a
subordinate is _______

Decentralization is made up
the following variances
except________

In the Yoruba pre-colonial
Yoruba societies, the
executive was referred to
as

The local government is
perceived as the
administrative agency for
_______

Which regime dissolved all
the democratic structures at
the local government?

The local government
exhibits legislative powers
by making
and
for local jurisdictions for the
maintenance of peace,
order and good government
of the ocalities.

The deconcentration of
local government authority
is typical of ______

The devolution category
accords the local
governments the powers to
source for their_______

The local government
system that cut across all
other systems in modern
day local government
structure is the

Under the Babangida
military regime, the
statutory allocations to local
governments was
increased from 10% to

The 1971 harmonization of
the condition of service of
local government staff
occurred with civil servants
at the
_level.

The local government
system where all
subordinate units of
government operate and
take directions from the
central decision-making
body is________

In the pre-colonial Igbo
societies, the village head
or the council membership
were NOT_____

In the pre-colonial
administrationof Yoruba
societies, the Oyomesi
Council is below the
_______

In the pre-colonial Benin
Kingdom, the Uzama
council of chiefs or
councillors are the
________

The principle of
in the British local
government system
prevents rigid and absolute
control from the central
government.

The
regime was committed to
an autonomous local
government system

The structuring of local
administration around
traditional political
institutions refers to the
_system.

The British system of
government is sometimes
referred to as

In the pre-colonial Igbo
societies, authority was

The performance of
administrative and political
responsibilities during the
military era was the
prerogative of the

The pre-colonial
administration in the Oyo
Empire was a__ system.

The focus of power in precolonial Igbo societies was
on______

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?

The executive cabinet form
of local government
administration instituted
during the 1985-1993
military administration was
composed of the chairman
and
_.

Which administrative staff is
appointed by the
chairperson in consultation
with the local government
council

A community of persons
occupying a defined
territory with independent
and organized government
is a______

In the Western part of the
country, under the military
regime of Gen. Yakubu
Gowon,
replaced the sole
administration.

The local government is
classified as______

In which local government
system is local
independence restricted
due to extensive application
of control

A contractual agreement
that allows the private
sector greater participation
in the delivery of essential
goods is______

Nigeria adopted the United
states and Canada councilmanager model type of
local government
administration in

In which local government
system are institutions
distinctively seperated from
those of the central
government

The transfer of
administrative functions
from national ministries to
field agencies within the
local level is known
as_______

The vital instrument in
democracy is________

The local government is
created by_______

The local government
reforms necessitated the
change of native authorities
to

The system which connotes
that the local government is
an agency of the central
government as well as part
of the central administration
is the________

Local goverment as a study
is a sub-unit under_______

The major reason for
setting up local government
is to perform certain
administrative functions
which are

The local government
chairperson delegates a
substantial part of the
administrative and financial
functions to the vicechairman, supervisors and
the

The political landscape of
loacl government in Nigeria
was altered by

The conception that certain
functions of government
that are local in character
should be locally
administered and controlled
is attributed to________

In the structural pattern of
devolution the __ and the
__ are differentiated.

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

The two tier local
government system
adopted by the Eastern
states and then Bendel
state to achieve social and
economic development
were

The flaging-off of the local
government reforms
commenced in ________

In local government
administration, the signing
of cheques, contractual
agreements, local purchase
order forms are duties
performed by the
_management department

The
_servants were appointed
as sole administrators of
the local governments
under the military.

The underlying basis of
local government is the
principle of_______

The passage of the__ in
Western region precipitated
the transformation in the
local government system.

The first noticeable change
from the 1954 reform in the
North was_____

The Gen. Abdul Salami
Administration successfully
conducted local
government elections on
_basis in December, 1998.

One of the unique features
of the Oyo army was that,
its leader, the Are-OnaKakanfo was
_in the hands of the
enemies.

The council-manager model
type of local government
administration provided for
a

The substantial freedom of
evey community in the
conduct of its affairs in local
government administration
constitutes

Delegation is said to be full
when complete powers are
conferred on the _______

In the Eastern region of
Nigeria __was appointed
for the purpose of local
administration.

The platform for local
participation in politics and
democracy is the_______

The fundamental change
occasioned by the Local
Government Reforms in the
1950s in the Western
Region of Nigeria
was______

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 ________

The __pre-colonial
administration was
structured to reflect the
three arms of the modern
state

When an authority is free to
act without reservations,
delegation is said to
be_______

The break from the colonial
tradition of native
administration was effected
in_______

The exercise of the
legislative powers vested in
the local government
council is exercised by
duly passed by the council

The loss of confidence of
the subjects in the King
during the pre-colonial
Yoruba societies,
culminates in the
presentation of

Prior the Jihad, the preexisting administrative
system in the Hausa-Fulani
Societies was the______

The administrative structure
of Nigeria changed with the
creation of twelve states
from the existing four
regions in

As a third tier of
government, the local
government has its own
administrative structure
such as the executive,
legislature and

The Abacha regime
increased the number of
local councils from 589 to

The
_military regime was the
most fundamental in terms
of local government
reforms.

Consequent upon the 1976
statutory recognition of the
traditional institutions,
were set up in each local
government of the
Federation.

Indirect rule system was
least successful in the
________

The__ reform provided for
democratic reforms in the
North.

The pre-colonial Oyo
Empire structured its three
arms of government to
reflect the
_,_,