The principle that any government that loses the support of the legislature resigns is practised in a
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The purpose of Montesquieu's argument for the separation of powers was to
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A system where at least two levels of government derive their powers from the constitution is called
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Which of the following countries has an unwritten constitution?
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A constitution that requires a complex procedure for the amendment of its provision is described as
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One of the reasons why states form a federation is to
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Concurrent list in a federal constitution issues within the legislative powers of the
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The legislature of a federal system of government is usually
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In the legislature, a private member's bill is
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The communist ideology was propounded by
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Collective responsibility implies that every member of cabinet
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A state is said to be unitary if it
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In parliamentary system of government a vote of no confidence means expression of disapproval of
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A government shared by two authorities is called
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A singled-member constituency is one in which
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Presidential system of government allows the
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The Executive arm of government refers to a body which
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One major disadvantage of a two-party system is that
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Which of the following methods can be used by the Legislature to check the Executive in a presidential system?
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Indirect election refers to an election that
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Universal adult suffrage means that only
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The system of election whereby each political party is given a percentage of seats that is equal to the percentage of popular votes cast in its favour is known as
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One of the reasons for the establishment of a public corporation is to
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The policy-making powers in a public corporation are vested in the
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Local government election, local government areas are generally divided into
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Neutrality of civil servants means that they
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The Unification Decree that turned Nigeria to a Unitary State was promulgated during the regime of General
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The emirate system in the Hausa/Fulani traditional administration was
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In the Igbo traditional political system, the Okpara was the
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Nationalist movements started late in French West Africa because
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An Oba in the traditional Yoruba political system was
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An Oba in the traditional Yoruba political system was
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Universal adult suffrage was first adopted throughout Nigeria under the constitution of
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A recurrent problem of Nigerian federalism is
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One of the main features of the Republican Constitution adopted by Nigeria in 1963 was that the
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In the 1922 Clifford Constitution of Nigeria
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Who among `the following nationalists founded the first political party in Nigeria?
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A major problem of political parties in Nigeria during the First Republic was that all
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Which of the following political parties immediately succeeded the Nigerian Youth Movement?
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The Kaduna State Executive Legislative crisis of 1981 resulted in
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The dominant actors in the Action Group crisis of 1962 were
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Who founded the Unity Party of Nigeria in the Second Republic?
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The 1953 motion for self-government now in Nigeria was moved by
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One of the major functions of the emir in the Hausa-Fulani traditional political system was to
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The traditional system of government in pre-colonial Nigeria was based largely on
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Which of the following bodies may regarded as a regional organization?
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The non-permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations Organization are appointed for a period of
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The most representative organ of the United Nations Organization is the
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The vote power in the United Nations Organization (UNO) is exercised by
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The international Court of Justice has it headquarters in
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The commission or Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration is an organ of the
