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Constitutional developments: pre-independence constitutions: NECO Government Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Constitutional developments: pre-independence constitutions

Our summary: The features of Nigeria's colonial constitutions from Clifford to Lyttelton.

  • Clifford 1922
  • Richards 1946
  • Macpherson 1951
  • Lyttelton 1954

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NECO Government questions on Constitutional developments: pre-independence constitutions

  1. NECO 2009The elective principle was first introduced in Nigeria by the
  2. NECO 2005Whose political framework laid the foundation for the establishment of 19% constitution of Nigeria?
  3. NECO 2005The Macpherson constitution and its breakdown witnessed all these EXCEPT the
  4. NECO 2004Which constitution introduced the ministerial system into Nigeria political system?
  5. NECO 2004When was the office of the Prime minister first created in Nigeria?
  6. NECO 2004Which of the constitutional conferences recommended that autonomy should be granted to Southern Cameroon?
  7. NECO 2004Which of the parties did its internal crisis contribute to the breakdown of the McPherson Constitution of 1951?
  8. NECO 2004The motion for the attaintment of self-government for Nigeria was tabled in
  9. NECO 2003The crisis over the motion for “Self-Government in 1956" led to the
  10. NECO 2003Sir Henry Willinck’s commission was set up in 1958 by the Colonial Government to address the problem of
  11. NECO 2003Who among the following Governor-Generals put in place the first constitution for Nigeria?
  12. NECO 2002The dichotomy which began in 1953 between the North and South in Nigeria was caused by the disagreement over the
  13. NECO 2002The leadership of the NCNC in 1946 embarked on a nation-wide tour in order to
  14. NECO 2002One significant change introduced by the 1954 Lyttleton constitution was the
  15. NECO 2001One remarkable achievement of Lord Lugard’s regime as Governor was the
  16. NECO 2001How many delegates from Nigeria and Cameroon attended the London Constitutional Conference of 1953?
  17. NECO 2001Nigeria started to operate on a real federal structure with the introduction of the

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