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Jamb Government Questions

Question 36:
Public corporations mainly differ from the ministries in that they
  • A Are not bureaucratic
  • B Provide social services to the public
  • C Required highly professional staff
  • D Are organization as business enterprises
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Question 37:
The privatization of public corporation is aimed at
  • A Making their goods and services available
  • B Making them reliable
  • C Making them mre efficient
  • D Allowing the public to control them
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Question 38:
One major democratic innovation in local government administration introduced by the Babangida regime was the
  • A Appointment of protfolio councillors
  • B Appointment of retired military officers as sole administrators
  • C Selection of heads of personnel management departments from the councillors
  • D Separation of powers between the executive and legislative arms of the councils
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Question 39:
The change in the role of traditional rulers in local government administration in Nigeria can be attributed to the
  • A 1976 local government reforms
  • B Involvement of the military in politics
  • C Lack of support for the traditional rulers by the citizens
  • D 1988 civil service reforms
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Question 40:
Which of the following factors was not responsible for the military intervention in Nigerian politics in 1966?
  • A Willingness of politicians to relinquish power
  • B The Western Regional election of 1965
  • C The federal election of 1964
  • D Ethnic politics and lawlessness
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