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Public/civil service administration: NECO Government Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Public/civil service administration

Our summary: The civil service and its commission, public corporations and privatisation, and local government.

  • Public/Civil Service (Meaning, Structure, Characteristics and Functions.)
  • Public/Civil Service Commission (Meaning and Functions.)
  • Public Corporations (Definition, purposes, functions, control, challenges, need for commercialization and privatization.)
  • Local Governments (Meaning, structure, Purposes, Functions, Sources of revenue, control and problems.)

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NECO Government questions on Public/civil service administration

  1. NECO 2009Bureaucracy is an arm of the
  2. NECO 2009Prior to 1976, local governments were
  3. NECO 2009Commercialization is geared towards improving economic performance through
  4. NECO 2009The bulk of local government revenue in Nigeria is derived from
  5. NECO 2009The appointment of top civil servants is a function of the
  6. NECO 2009The Code Conduct Bureau requires public officials to
  7. NECO 2005Members of the Board of Directors of Public Corporations are appointed by the
  8. NECO 2005The general functions of the Civil service does NOT include
  9. NECO 2005Which of the following is NOT a characteristic principle of the civil service?
  10. NECO 2003ln the Civil Service, workers without formal education but are trained in different fields to perform mainly menial services are referred to as … class.
  11. NECO 2003One of these is NOT a purpose for the establishment of public corporation
  12. NECO 2003Administrative head of a public corporation is known as the
  13. NECO 2003All these are the characteristics of a Public Corporation EXCEPT
  14. NECO 2002Which reason could NOT be responsible for the creation of local governments in Nigeria.
  15. NECO 2002Local government is usually described as a grass root government because
  16. NECO 2002Which class of the civil service has the closest contact with the political class?
  17. NECO 2001The Public Service Commission deals with the
  18. NECO 2001What is NOT a function of the civil service?
  19. NECO 2001The organisation that is responsible for the control of the senior personnel of local government in terms of appointment, transfer, promotion and termination is…
  20. NECO 2001One of the main features of the February 1976 Local Government Reform in Nigeria was the

Years with Public/civil service administration questions in DeeepSolve's question bank

From the past questions DeeepSolve holds, not a count of everything the exam body has set.

  • 2009
  • 2005
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  • 2002
  • 2001