SYLLABUS
PRESSURE GROUPS
- Definition, types, characteristics, mode of operation and functions.
THE ELECTORAL PROCESS
(i) a. Meaning of suffrage
b. History of the evolution of suffrage
c. Types of suffrage
d. Purposes of holding elections
(ii) Types of electoral systems - characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of electoral systems.
(iii) Organisation of elections - features of free and fair elections.
(iv) Electoral commission - The electoral commission and other officials - their functions, problems etc.
b. History of the evolution of suffrage
c. Types of suffrage
d. Purposes of holding elections
(ii) Types of electoral systems - characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of electoral systems.
(iii) Organisation of elections - features of free and fair elections.
(iv) Electoral commission - The electoral commission and other officials - their functions, problems etc.
PUBLIC OPINION
Definition, formation, measurement and functions.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
(a) CIVIL SERVICE
(i) Meaning, characteristics, functions and structure of civil service
(ii) Personnel Administration in the civil service - civil service commission, functions, relationship between the civil servants and political executives.
(i) Meaning, characteristics, functions and structure of civil service
(ii) Personnel Administration in the civil service - civil service commission, functions, relationship between the civil servants and political executives.
PUBLIC CORPORATIONS
(i) Definition, purposes and functions of public corporation
(ii) Structure and organization
(iii) Control - types of control, reasons for control
(iv) Problems of public corporations and solutions
(ii) Structure and organization
(iii) Control - types of control, reasons for control
(iv) Problems of public corporations and solutions
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
(i) Meaning, purposes and functions; types of systems
(ii) Sources of revenue
(iii) Relationship with State/Federal government
(iv) Control - types of the federal/State government control of Local Governments
(iv) Problems of local government and suggested solutions.
(ii) Sources of revenue
(iii) Relationship with State/Federal government
(iv) Control - types of the federal/State government control of Local Governments
(iv) Problems of local government and suggested solutions.
PRE-COLONIAL POLITICAL SYSTEMS IN NIGERIA
(i) Hausa/Fulani
(a) The structural organization of the Emirate
(b) The role played by the Emir and his assistants in government
(ii) The Igbo
(a) The structural organization of the Igbo political system.
(b) The major political institutions and their role e.g.
Age-grades, Ama-ala, title holders, etc.
(iii) The Yoruba
(a) The structural organization of the Emirate
(b) The role played by the Emir and his assistants in government
(ii) The Igbo
(a) The structural organization of the Igbo political system.
(b) The major political institutions and their role e.g.
Age-grades, Ama-ala, title holders, etc.
(iii) The Yoruba
