WAEC Government 1997 Theory question 109

Theory question 109

Military Rule

Section B (answer four questions in all, two from each section)
Highlight the achievements of the military governments in Nigeria

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Model answer

Kept Nigeria one country during the civil war
Creation of states (12 in 1967, 19 in 1976, 21 in 1987, 30 in 1991, 36 in 1996) and more local governments
Uniform local government reform (1976)
NYSC, unity schools and other unity programmes
Infrastructure: roads, bridges, ports, Abuja as new capital
Return to civilian rule (1979) and the 1979 constitution
Change to right-hand driving, the naira and decimal currency, metric system
Universal Primary Education (1976)
Indigenisation decrees
Foreign policy successes: support for liberation in Africa, ECOWAS, ECOMOG

Explanation

Give clear examples with dates.