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This JAMB syllabus for Government is to prepare you for the JAMB exam that will test you on following Government topics:

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PART 1: Elements of Government

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1. Basic Concepts in Government

• Power, Authority, Legitimacy, Sovereignty;
• Society, State, Nation, Nation-State;
• Political Processes;
  • Political Socialization,
  • Political Participation,
  • Political Culture.

2. Forms of Government:

• Monarchy, Aristocracy, Oligarchy, Autocracy, Republicanism, Democracy –
  • definitions,
  • features,
  • merits and demerits.

3. Arms of Government:

• The Legislature –
  • types,
  • structure,
  • functions,
  • powers;
• The Executive –
  • types,
  • functions,
  • powers;
• The Judiciary –
  • functions,
  • powers,
  • components.
• Their relationships.

4. Structures of Governance:

• Unitary –
  • features,
  • reasons for adoption,
  • merits and demerits.
• Federal –
  • features,
  • reasons for adoption,
  • merits and demerits.
• Confederal –
  • features,
  • reasons for adoption,
  • merits and demerits.

5. Systems of Governance:

• Presidential,
• Parliamentary,
• Monarchical.

6. Political Ideologies:

• Communalism,
• Feudalism,
• Capitalism,
• Socialism,
• Communism,
• Totalitarianism,
• Fascism,
• Nazism.

7. Constitution:

• Meaning,
• Sources,
• Functions,
• Types –
  • Written,
  • Unwritten,
  • Rigid,
  • Flexible.

8. Principles of Democratic Government:

• Ethics and Accountability in Public Office,
• Separation of Power,
• Checks and Balances,
• Individual and Collective Responsibility,
• Constitutionalism,
• Rule of Law,
• Representative Government.

9. Processes of Legislation:

• Legislative Enactments –
  • acts,
  • edicts,
  • bye-laws,
  • delegated legislation,
  • decrees.

10. Citizenship:

• Meaning, types;
• Citizenship rights;
• Dual citizenship, renunciation, deprivation;
• Duties and obligations of citizens;
• Duties and obligations of the state.

11. The Electoral Process:

• Suffrage –
  • evolution,
  • types;
• Election –
  • types,
  • ingredients of free and fair election;
• Electoral System –
  • types,
  • advantages,
  • and disadvantages of each;
• Electoral Commission –
  • functions,
  • problems.

12. Political Parties and Party Systems:

• Political parties –
  • Definition,
  • Organization,
  • functions.

• Party Systems –
  • Definition,
  • organization,
  • functions.

13. Pressure Groups:

• Definition, types, functions and modes of operation.
• Differences between Pressure Groups and Political Parties.

14. Public Opinion:

• Meaning, formation and measurement.
• Functions and limitations.

15. The Civil Service:

• Definition,
• characteristics,
• functions,
• structure,
• control,
• and problems.

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PART II: Political Development in Nigeria

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1. Pre – colonial Polities: Pre-jihad Hausa, Emirate, Tiv, Igbo, Yoruba

• Their structural organization;
• The functions of their various political institutions.

2. Imperialist Penetration:

• The British process of acquisition –
  • trade,
  • missionary activities,
  • company rule,
  • crown colony,
  • protectorate;

• The British colonial administrative policy –
  • direct,
  • and indirect rule;

• The French colonial administrative policy –
  • assimilation,
  • and association;

• Impact of British colonial rule –
  • economic,
  • political,
  • socio-cultural;
• Comparison of British and French colonial administration.

3. Process of Decolonization:

• Nationalism –
  • Meaning,
  • Types;
• Nationalist Movements –
  • emergence,
  • goals,
  • strategies;
• Nationalist Leaders –
  • Herbert Macaulay,
  • Nnamdi Azikiwe,
  • Obafemi Awolowo,
  • Ahmadu Bello,
  • Ladipo Solanke,
  • Aminu Kano,
  • J. S. Tarka,
  • Tafawa Balewa and others;
• Emergence of nationalist parties;
• Influence of external factors.

4. Constitutional Development in Nigeria:

• Hugh Clifford Constitution (1922).
• Arthur Richards Constitution (1946).
• John Macpherson Constitution (1951).
• Oliver Lyttleton Constitution (1954).
• Independence Constitution (1960).
• And their features, merits and demerits.

5. Post – Independence Constitutions:

• 1963,
• 1979,
• 1989,
• and 1999 – characteristics and shortcomings.

6. Institutions of Government in the Post – Independence Nigeria:

• The Legislative –
  • structure,
  • functions,
  • and working.
• The Executive –
  • structure,
  • functions,
  • and workings.
• The Judiciary –
  • structure,
  • functions,
  • and workings.

7. Public Commissions Established by the 1979 and Subsequent Constitutions:

• The Civil Service Commission,
• the Public Complaints Commission,
• Electoral Commissions,
• National Boundary Commission and others – objectives functions and problems.

8. Political Parties and Party Politics in Post-Independence Nigeria:

• First Republic.
• Second Republic.
• Third Republic.
• Fourth Republic.
  • Evolution,
  • membership spread,
  • structure etc.

9. The Structure and Workings of Nigerian Federalism:

• Rationale for a Federal System;
• Tiers of government and their relationship;
• Creation of States –
  • 1963,
  • 1967,
  • 1976,
  • 1987,
  • 1991,
  • 1996;
• Problems of Nigerian Federalism –
  • census,
  • revenue allocation,
  • conflicts etc.
• Solutions e.g.
  • Federal character, etc.

10. Public Corporations and Parastatals:

• Definition, types, purpose and functions;
• Finance, control and problems;
• Deregulation, privatization, commercialization –
  • objectives,
  • features,
  • merits,
  • and demerits;
• Comparison between public corporations and parastatals.

11. Local Government:

• Local government administration prior to 1976;
• Features of local government reforms (1976, 1989) –
  • structure,
  • functions,
  • finance,
  • and inter-governmental relations;
• Traditional rulers and local governments;
• Problems of local government administration in Nigeria.

12. The Military in Nigerian Politics

• Factors that led to military intervention;
• Structure of military regimes;
• Impact of military rule –
  • political, e.g.
    • creation of states,
    • introduction of unitary system (Unification Decree No. 34) etc.
  • economic, e.g.
    • SAP, etc.
• Processes of military disengagement.

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PART III: Foreign Policy and Nigeria’s Relations with the International Community

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1. Foreign Policy:

• Definition,
• purpose,
• determining factors;
• formulation and implementation.

2. Nigeria’s Foreign Policy:

• Relations with major powers;
• Relations with developing countries, e.g the Technical Aid Corps (TAC), etc.
• Nigeria’s Non-Alignment Policy.

3. Relations with African Countries:

• Africa as the “centre piece” of Nigeria’s forieign policy –
  • guiding principles,
  • implementation,
  • and implications;
• NEPAD –
  • origin,
  • objectives,
  • and implications.

4. Nigeria in International Organizations

• The United Nations;
• The Commonwealth;
• The Organization of African Unity;
• The African Union;
• The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);
• The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). 

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PART IV: International Organizations

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1. International Organizations:

• ECOWAS;
• OAU, AU;
• Commonwealth;
• OPEC;
• UNO;
• African Petroleum Producers Association;

Origin, objectives, structure, functions, achievements, problems and prospects of these organizations.

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