JAMB Government Past Questions & Answers - Page 106

Citizenship by registration;The following persons are eligible to become citizens through registration:
A foreign woman who marries a citizen of Nigeria. Person who is of adult age (17), born outside Nigeria, any of whose grandparents is or was a citizen of Nigeria. A foreign child adopted by Nigerian parents.

Rule by decree is a style of governance allowing quick, unchallenged foundation of law by a single person or group, and is used primarily by dictators, absolute monarchs and military leaders. Rule by decree allows the ruler to arbitrarily edit law, without approval by a legislative assembly. In simple terms, decrees are federal laws made in a military regime, edicts are state laws in a military regime

Judicial review, power of the courts of a country to examine the actions of the legislative, executive, and administrative arms of the government and to determine whether such actions are consistent with the constitution. This a characteristic of checks and balances.

Flexible constitution: a constitution that may be amended by the ordinary process of legislation and is therefore relatively easy to amend.

In Marxism, the ultimate condition of social organization, expected to occur when true communism is achieved. According to Karl Marx the convener of Marxism, the primary function of the state is to repress the lower classes of society in the interests of the ruling class. He proposed for a classless society.