Theory question 106
Constitutional Development in Nigeria(a) List three pre-independence constitutions of Nigeria.
(b) Identify four features of the 1960 Independence Constitution of Nigeria.
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(a) Any three: Clifford Constitution 1922; Richards Constitution 1946; Macpherson Constitution 1951; Lyttelton Constitution 1954.
(b) Any four: parliamentary system; federal system of three regions; Queen as Head of State represented by a Governor-General; Prime Minister as head of government; bicameral federal legislature (Senate and House of Representatives); entrenched fundamental human rights; Privy Council in London as final court of appeal; regional constitutions with Governors and Premiers; independent judiciary/Federal Supreme Court; Nigerian citizenship provisions.
List the constitutions by name and year; then give four features of 1960.