WAEC Government Past Questions & Answers - Page 119

591.

Under the Independence Constitutions of Nigeria, the Court of Appeal was the

A.

West African Court of Appeal

B.

Sharia Court of Nigeria

C.

Privy Council in Britain

D.

Supreme Military Council

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

592.

Which of the following Nigerian constitutions brought the Northern Provinces into the Legislative Council?

A.

The 1979 Constitution

B.

The Richards Constitution

C.

The Clifford Constitution

D.

The Lyttleton Constitution

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

593.

Rule by decrees is associated with

A.

military government

B.

totalitarian governments

C.

democratic system

D.

delegated legislation

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

594.

In Nigeria, the concurrent list of powers belongs to the

A.

local authority only

B.

executive, the judiciary and the legislature

C.

federal and state governments

D.

state and local government

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

595.

The three main contesting issues about revenue allocation in Nigeria are

A.

oil, cocoa, and groundnut

B.

oil, minority and majority

C.

ethnicity, corruption

D.

derivation, population and even development

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.