Thursday 8th December, 2022
A. NABTEB NOV/DEC GCE Government OBJECTIVES (OBJ) ANSWERS 2022:
11-20: ACDCCDDCBB
21-30: DCADBCDBDA
31-40: CDBCABDCDA
41-50: CCCCACCBAC
B. NABTEB NOV/DEC GCE Government THEORY (ESSAY) ANSWERS 2022
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER FIVE(5) QUESTIONS ONLY, AT LEAST TWO QUESTION FROM EACH PART
PART I
(1a)
(i)
Law-making: Government is responsible for making laws in a country.
Laws are made to ensure peace and order in the society. The legislature
is the organ of government responsible for law-making.
(ii) Provision
of social amenities: Amenities like electricity, portable water, health
centers etc are provided by the government. These are necessities for
human existence.
(iii) Maintenance of law and order: The maintenance
of law and order is the responsibility of government. This function is
usually performed by government agencies like the police.
(iv)
Defence of the country: Government is responsible for defending the
country against external aggression. It is the duty of the armed forces
of a country to maintain the temitonal intergrity of the state.
(v)
Protection of lives and property: Government is also responsible for
protection of lives and property of its citizens. For example, any
person can seek the police protection if there is the need for it.
(1b)
(i)Types
of system: The study of government helps in knowing the types and
different systems of government operating in the world.
(ii)To widen
people's knowledge: The study of government helps to widen people's
knowledge about administration and other instructions involved in
governance.
(iii) Political education: Government educates the people of a country on the political life or affairs of the country.
(iv)
Opportunity for the leadership: The opportunity is provided for people
through the study of government to become future political leaders.
(v)
Decision-making: The study of government equally opens the eyes of the
people for the need to take part in political decision making of a
country.
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(2a)
Legitimacy
is the general acceptance of the political system as the most
appropriate and being in line with the laws of the land. Therefore a
legitimate government is one that is constitutionally elected and is
acceptable to the populace. In other words, Legitimacy is the support
and moral recognition by the citizens which makes a govemment legal and
acceptable.
(2b)
(i) Good government: If the government
policies are best mentioned, the people will continue to have trust and
confidence in such governments For example, in the areas of providing
social amenities and infrastructure. maenance of law and order, rule of
law in place etc.
(ii) Legitimacy through periodic elections: A free
and fair election is at symbol of legitimacy and it registers the
support of the people.
(iii) Customs and tradition: Respect for the
established customs and traditions of the society can help to sustain or
determine legitimacy. eg hereditary as in the British monarchy,
(iv)
Wider scope of political participation: The ability of the govemment so
involve all sections of the people in governance helps to determine
"legitimacy, eg political appointments, different interest groups etc.
(v)
Ideology: The ability of the government to uphold the tenets of the
states ideology will help determine legitimacy, eg. communism in China.
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(3a)
Delegated
legislation is defined as the act of transferring powers and functions
through the Acts of parliament to other organisations such as ministers,
local governments, public corporations (NEPA, Water Board) e.t.c. Law
made by these bodies are referred to as bye-law
(3b)
(i)
Bye-law: These are rules and regulations made by local governments or
such a statutory body as the Nigerian Railway Corporation for the smooth
running of their operations. Such rules and regulations apply only
within the area of authority of the statutory body or local government.
(ii)
Special procedure orders: These are orders made to meet emergencies and
local needs of people. The ministers make the order and then come into
force within 14days unless objections are raised against it.
(iii)
Statutory instrument: These are orders, rules and regulations that come
from a minister,which is governed by an act of parliament. A statutory
instrument is normally published in a Gazette eg no littering of public
parks
(iv) Provisional Orders: A minister may be given power to
undertake a project e.g a transport corporation, but it should be
confirmed by the house of assembly or on a temporary basis.
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(4a)
Citizenship
is the legal right that a person has, to belong to a particular
country. It is a situation whereby an Individual becomes a legitimate
member of a country, accepting responsibility and enjoying privileges
attached to it, while citizen is a legal member of a state with
constitutional or legal rights in the country in which he or she
resides. He enjoys certain rights and privileges and owes certain
responsibilities and obligations to the state.
(4b)
(i) By birth: A person is a citizen by birth if either of his parents, mother or father is a citizen of a country.
(ii)
By naturalization: Somebody can become a citizen of a country where he
lives through naturalization. This is possible if he can satisfy the
constitutional requirements for naturalization.
(iii) Marriage or
registration: If a woman is married to a person of another nationality,
she can acquire the citizenship of the husband's country through
registration. For example a Nigerian woman married to a British, or a
British woman married to a Nigerian
(iv) Dual citizenship: It is
legitimately possible for a person to hold citizenship of two countries.
For example a child born to Nigerian parents living U.S.A. becomes a US
citizen. The baby is also a Nigerian because the parents are Nigerians.
(v)
Honorary citizenship: An individual could be honoured with the
citizenship of another country. This is made possible if the individual
has distinguished himself/herself in a particular area.
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(5a)
Public
opinion may be defined as the belief, values and attitudes, which are
commonly held and expressed by the majority of the people on a given
public issue. In addition, it is about what people think concerning a
particular national issue or question as proposed by the government.
(5b)
(i)
Channels of communication: Public opinion can be determined by
exploring all the channels of communication, e.g. opinions expressed in
Newspapers, radio, television etc.
(ii) Opinions expressed by leaders
of thought: It can be measured through opinions expressed by local
leaders of thought or leaders in the representative assemblies.
(iii)
Letters to government: It can be measured through the letters written
by citizens to the government agencies expressing their opinions on
particular issues of national importance.
(iv) Response to government
policies: It can be measured through mass protests and demonstrations
for or against government programmes.
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PART II
(6a)
A
public corporation can be describe as government establishment or
enterprise set up by an Act of Parliament to provide essential services
like electricity, pipe borne-water, etc for the people at moderate
prices.
(6b)
(i) Provision of essential services: Public corporations are set up mainly to provide essential services for the people.
(ii)
Raising people's standard of living: Increase in productivity and
constant supply of these essential services can improve the standard of
living.
(iii) Strategic projects: To undertake some strategic projects for security reasons e.g minting, arm production, etc.
(iv)
For economic growth: Efficient and adequate provision of these
facilities can stimulate or generate investments for both local and
foreign businessmen
(v) Provision of employment: One of the essential
reasons for establishing public corporation is to create employment
opportunities for the people.
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(8a) Nationalism
can be defined as the strong emotional awareness of belonging to a
nation state which leads to the struggle against foreign rule and
domination.
(8b)
(i) Economic depression: The effect of
the Second World War which resulted in world economic depression aided
the nationalists in their struggle for political independence
(ii)
British Labour Party: The influence of Labour Party in Britain in
opposing the conservative party's policy on colonization influenced the
growth of nationalism in Nigeria.
(iii) Evolution of Newspapers:
Newspapers like the West African Pilot published by Nnamdi Azikwe and
Lagos Daily News by Herbert Macaulay contributed a lot towards
nationalist activities.
(iv) The super powers: The emergence of USA
and USSR as super powers after the Second World War gave impetus to
nationalist activities in Nigeria and West Africa as a whole. Both
countries detested colonialism and imperialism.
(v) Trade unions:
Some of the trade unions, e.g. Railway Workers Union led by Michael
Imoudu and others, became militant and used strike actions to back their
demand for better conditions of service. They equally supported the
nationalist leaders in the struggle against colonial rule.
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