JAMB Government Past Questions & Answers - Page 220

Under the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, the power to create local governments is vested in the state assembly.

The Constitution made it clear that it is the duty of the state assembly to pass the bill for the creation of new local governments other duties are conduct of referendum as well as approving the result of the referendum.

1979 Constitution The first Nigerian constitution to provide for the fundamental objectives and directive principles of state policy.

The Constitution marked a turning point on the struggle for self determination and emancipation of Nigeria from the shackles of colonialism.

It marked the beginning of new diplomatic era, a well.

The fees collected by local governments at motor parks represents levies

The Ibadan Conference of 1950 was convened to discuss the provisions of the Macpherson Constitution.

Sir John Macphereson became Government of Nigeria in 1948. He then took immediate steps to review Sir Arthur Richard's Constitution of 1946 and fashioned a new constitution which came into being in 1951. To avoid the mistakes of his predecessor, Sir Arthur Richard, on the issue of consultation, the draft of Macpherson Constitution was seriously debated at the village district, provincial and regional level and later on at a General Conference held in Ibadan in the month of January 1950. The outcome of these constitutional Conferences formed the basis of the Macpherson constitution of 1951.

Legislative control of public corporations in Nigeria is affected through acts of the National Assembly.

Since public corporations are usually established by acts of parliament, the parliament is given some powers by the acts to exercise some forms of control is normally exercised by scrutinizing their accounts, the Auditors report brought before the House, questions on the activities of the corporations by parliamentarians during the question time etc.