JAMB Government Past Questions & Answers - Page 4

A Select Committee is responsible for the detailed scrutiny of a bill. They are small legislative bodies that are set up to investigate specific issues or bills. The committee members are usually experts in the bill's subject matter.

When an election fails to produce a clear winner, the process of determining a winner is called a re-run election. This is a second election conducted to determine a clear winner when the first election was inconclusive.

In a proportional representation electoral system, seats in the legislature are allocated based on the percentage of votes a party receives. This system is designed to ensure that the proportion of seats a party has in the legislature reflects the proportion of votes it received in the election.

In a federal system of government, concurrent powers are powers that are shared by both the federal and state governments. In the context of Nigeria, Education and Healthcare are examples of such powers. Defense and National security, Currency and coinage, and Foreign affairs and international relations are exclusive powers of the federal government.

The process of decolonization in Nigeria was hugely impacted by World War II. The war led to a change in the attitudes of colonial powers and the colonized people. The colonized people were more assertive in their demand for independence, and the colonial powers, weakened by the war, were less able to maintain their colonial rule.