JAMB Government 1990 Question 36

Question 36

Constitutional Development in Nigeria

One of the agreements of the 1957 Constitutional Conference was that

  1. A.Southern Cameroons should constitute a separate region
  2. B.a House of Chiefs was to be created in the Western Region
  3. C.the office of the speaker of the House of Representatives was to be created
  4. D.the police was to be regionalized.
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Answer: A (Southern Cameroons should constitute a separate region)

Explanation

At the 1957 conference Southern Cameroons was given full regional status with its own premier. The West already had a House of Chiefs, and the police were not regionalized.