Government Questions and Answers
Prepare for your JAMB, WAEC, NECO, and Post UTME exams with these Government past questions and answers.
Prepare for your JAMB, WAEC, NECO, and Post UTME exams with these Government past questions and answers.
Which of the following countries has withdrawn her membership of the ECOWAS
Senegal
Mauritania
Guinea Bissau
Burkina Faso
Correct answer is B
The economic Community of West African States was formed on may 28, 1975 by fifteen countries and that was Organization, ECOWAS now stands at fifteen, with the withdrawal of Mauritania, one of the founding members.
A major limitation of the Commonwealth is that it lacks
the power to set formal rules to govern the affairs of member nations
an organizational structure and a definite identity
enough funds to run its affairs
the power to compel the member nations to comply with its decisions
Correct answer is D
A major limitation of the Commonwealth is that, it lacks the power to compel member-nations to comply with its decisions, such as the United Nations Organization (UNO)
Counter-trade was introduced by the government led by
Abdusalami Abubakar
Olusegun Obasanjo
Muhammadu Buhari
Ibrahim Babangida
Correct answer is D
Counter-trade was introduced by the government led by Ibrahim Babangida
Pacification refers to a process through which some areas in Nigeria were acquired by
military conquest
gunboat diplomacy
signing of treaties
peaceful negotiations
Correct answer is A
Pacification refers to a process through which colonial empires imposed their presence and legal violence through the use of force or military to coerce obedience and subvert the will of the people. It was mainly done in regions impacted and divided by insurgency or rebels.
The party that did not control any state in the Second Republic was
NAP
PRP
NPP
GNPP
Correct answer is A
NAP was the party that did not control any state in the Second Republic. Nigeria Advanced Party (NAP) was not recognized for the 1979 election. The reason was that it was unable to establish branches in 13 states of the federation as stipulated by FEDECO. In the 1983 general elections, which the party contested, it did not win a single seat in all the constituencies.