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Nigeria's borders |
were arbitrarily drawn by the British to mark where their influence ended and the influence of the French began |
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Nigeria's largest ethnic groups, which have dominated its politics since independence, inlcude all of the following EXCEPT the |
Kenum-Bomu |
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Britain ruled Nigeria through local rulers and tribal chiefs in a system known as |
indirect rule |
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British colonialism helped to ensure that ethnicity would be the primary element in political identification and mobilization by |
fostering competition among ethnic groups |
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The military first intervened in Nigerina politics in |
1966 |
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What strategy was pursued by both General Ibrahim Babangida and General Sani Abacha to prolong their rule? |
Both promised plans to return the country to civilian rule, and then refularly delayed the implementation of these plans |
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Clientelism is the practice by which a particular group receives disporportionate policy benefits or political favors from a political patron, usually at the expense of the larger society. In Nigeria, patrons are typically linked to clients by any of the following ties EXCEPT |
ideology |
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Both military and civilian governments of Nigeria have tended to adopt what kind of economic posture? |
an interventionist one with the state intruding unhindered into the major sectors of the economy |
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Which of the following is NOT an illustration of the regional, religious, and ethnic dimensions of the Nigerian economy? |
The majority of the country's poor are located in the Middle Belt, occuped by minority ethnic groups |
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The Nigerian national question could best be stated as: |
"How is the country to be governed given its great diversity?" |
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Nigerian politics has generally followed a policy of rotation of political offices based upon |
ethnicity |
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Prebendalism- a form of clientelism in which political offices and state rents are disbursed to one's clients for their personal benefit- has had all of the following effects EXCEPT |
it has weakened the power of the president |
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Which of the following statements BEST describes how the Nigerian executive has evolved over the years? |
It has become more centralized and more personalized |
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All of the following are factors that help explain executive dominance over the legislature EXCEPT |
Nigerian constitutions have consistenetly failed to provide the legislture with the power of the purse |
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Which of the following statements best describes Nigeria's political parties? |
They are elite-centered structures that lack an ideological basis and exist mostly to capture power |
