Who among the following is a civil servant in Nigeria?

A. The managing director of a bank

B. A director in the Ministry of Defence

C. A major in the Army

D. A Commissioner of Police

E. A Pilot with the Nigerian Airways

The main duty of the Civil Service Commission under the Nigerian Republican Constitution was

A. the retirement and settlement of pension for federal civil servants

B. advising the government on the establishment of new ministries

C. the appointment and promotion of judges

D. the recruitment, discipline and promotion of civil servants

E. determing the polices of each government department

Neutrality of civil servants implies that they should

A. belong to political parties of their choice

B. be recruited on the basis of merit

C. serve any government loyally

D. be appointed on permanent basis

E. not be liable to blame or praise for their actions

One of the features of Local Government Reforms of 1976 in Nigeria is the

A. reduction of financial aids to local governments

B. establishment of local government police

C. establishment of traditional institutions in each local govements

D. introduction of full-time chairmen and supervisory councillors

E. re-introduction of divisional councils

Government control of public corporations in Nigeria is mainly to

A. ensure public accountability

B. allow freedom of each on the part of the corporations

C. guarantee profit maximization of the corporations

D. protect the appointment of foreigners in the corporations

E. encourage ethnic domination in the corporations

Who among the following could pass death sentence on an accused person in the pre-colonial Yoruba Kingdom? The

A. Paramount Ruler

B. provincial Heads

C. Queen Mother

D. Cults

E. Family Heads

The French policy of Assimilation attempted to

A. use chiefs as intermediaries between the government and the citizens

B. Africanize the civil service

C. make the Africans think and behave like French citizens

D. allow Africans develop on their own

E. establish legislative councils for the Africans

Where was Indirect Rule successfully practised before it was introduced to Africa?

A. Latin America

B. India

C. Britain

D. Japan

E. USA

One of effects of the agitations by the National Congress of British West Africa in the 1920s was the

A. establishment to Town Councils in th Protectorate

B. abolition of racial discrimination in the Civil Service

C. deposition of traditional rulers by Africans

D. election of Africans into the Legislative Councils

E. permission of African lawyers to parctise in court

Which of the following is a result of nationalist activities in French West Africa?

A. Indigenat

B. Free Trade

C. Negritude

D. Direct Rule

E. The Loi Cadre