JAMB Government Past Questions & Answers - Page 129

The Code of Conduct Bureau was essentially established to enhance a high standard of public morality in the conduct of government business and to ensure that actions and behaviour of public officers conform to the highest standards of public morality and accountability.

The rules and regulations of the civil service are called General Order.

The rules and regulations guiding the behavior and career of workers at both federal and state levels are written down in a book known as the General Order (G.O). The G.O covers all the functions of the civil servants from recruitment to retirement, promotion, transfer, discipline, channels of communication, allowances, training courses, various levels, handling of public funds, etc.

Under the 1963 Republican Constitution, the power of judicial review was vested in the Supreme Court.

This power of judicial review means the power to declare any Federal or Regional Law unconstitutional if seen to be inconsistent with with any provision in the constitution.

The Action Group crisis of 1963 led to the formation of a new political party known as the United Peoples Party (UPP).

The UPP was formed in the then Western Region by Chief S.L. Akintola with his supporters when he was dismissed from the Action Group.

The presidential system of government was introduced in Nigeria with the Constitution of 1979.

The Constitution came into effect from First of October, 1979 with Alhaji Shehu Shagari as the first Executive President of Nigeria.