NOUN TMA Solutions – POL444, Nigerian Local Government

1 Which of these is not among the functions of the local councils in Western Nigeria

trade promotion

2 The 1950 Reform in the Eastern Nigeria ensured which of the following?

election of memebers by the council

3 The Local Government Reform of the 1950s took off in ___

Eastern Nigeria

4 The colonial native authorities were administered by ___

District officers

5 Reforms in Local Government administration was as a result of ___

criticisms of educated elites who felt marginalised

6 The number of Local Governments in Nigeria in 1998 is ___

774

7 ___ is regarded as one of the results of the Aba women riot of 1929

The adoption of the Best Man Policy

8 The failure of indirect rule in a part of Nigeria was due to ___

Decentralised nature of the people

9 Indirect rule was said to be unsuccesful in __ part of Nigeria

Eastern

10 Which of these was not among the pre-colonial regional capitals

Lagos

11 In dividing Nigeria into Eastern and Western regions __ was used as the boundary

River Niger

12 The division of Southern Nigeria into Eastern and Western groups of provinces was undertaken under ___ rule

Bernard Bou rdillion

13 The colonial provinces were superitended by ___

Residents

14 Which of these was not among the first nine provinces in the Southern Nigeria

Lagos

15 The provincial administration in Nigeria originated from ___

the Northern Nigeria

16 ______ were in charge of Northern and Southern administration during the colonial era

Lieutenant Gov ernors

17 ___ was the head of administration in the structural arrangement of Native Administration in the Northern Region and other parts of Nigeria during the colonial era

Governor General

18 The Reform of the 1930s achieved ___

Regularised the traditional rulers as sole native authorities in their domain

19 The indirect rule in Nigeria is said to have degenerated to direct rule because __

traditional rulers became mere local agents of colonia l officers

20 Local governments in Nigeria trace their origin to ___

pre-colonial era