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In the pre-colonial Benin Kingdom, the Uzama council of chiefs or councillors are the ________
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Delegation is conditional when the action of a subordinate is _______
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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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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 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 Eastern region of Nigeria __was appointed for the purpose of local administration.
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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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A political sub-division created within a state for the exercise of duties and responsibilities is a______
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A system of local government which is highly centralised is the________
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The __ was the major provision of the 1957 Western region local government reform law.
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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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In the pre-colonial Yoruba societies, the Oyomesi council acts as the of the kingdom.
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When no third party intervenes between two parties in a delegation, it is conceived as_______
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The judiciary in the Oyo kingdom was anchored by the_____
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The Babangida administration introduced the _presidential system of government into local government administration to complement what obtains at the state and federal levels.
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The smallest unit of governance in Nigeria is______
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The structuring of local administration around traditional political institutions refers to the _system.
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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 local government is subordinate to the__government.
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The transfer of decisionmaking authority to legally incorporated sub-national units of a local government is_________
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In which system does the local traditional institutions formulate and implement policies for the traditional communities.________
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Which administrative staff is appointed by the chairperson in consultation with the local government council
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The British system of government is sometimes referred to as
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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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The 1971 harmonization of the condition of service of local government staff occurred with civil servants at the _level.
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The customary courts in the local government acts as part of 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 local government has the political to adjust governmental programmes to suit local conditions and initiatives.
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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 performance of administrative and political responsibilities during the military era was the prerogative of the
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In the pre-colonial Igbo societies, the village head or the council membership were NOT_____
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In which local government system is local independence restricted due to extensive application of control
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Which local government reform conceived local government as " government of local level exercised through representative council established within defined areas?
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In which local government system are institutions distinctively seperated from those of the central government
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The Gen. Abdul Salami Administration successfully conducted local government elections on _basis in December, 1998.
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Decentralization is made up the following variances except________
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The system of rule operated through the native authorities in Northern Nigeria was
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The exercise of the legislative powers vested in the local government council is exercised by duly passed by the council
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The focus of power in precolonial Igbo societies was on______
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The regime was committed to an autonomous local government system
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The local government is classified as______
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The to the local government ensures budgetry control and supervising the accounts of all the departments of the local government.
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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 establishment of police-community relations in each local government by the 1976 reform was geared towards
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In the pre-colonial Igbo societies, authority was______
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The devolution category accords the local governments the powers to source for their_______
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THe form of local government administration in Western Nigeria during the colonial rule was_______
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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________
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The conferring of specified authority to a lower authority is______
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Local governments are also conceived as __ state.
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