GOVERNMENT

JAMB 2009 - Question 4

Government 2009 JAMB Past Questions - Question 4: In the Second Republic, the total membership of each House of Assembly was determined by the

Choose the correct answers from the options given.
In the Second Republic, the total membership of each House of Assembly was determined by the
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Correct Answer

C

Explanation

In the Second Republic, the total membership ofeach House of Assembly was determined by the Constitution. Going through the Structure of the 1979 Constitution. one should be able to realizethat the Constitution was similar tothe AmericanPrerdential system of government with separation of powers; The legislature,the Executive, etc.. Coming to the Legislature, it should be n o t e d thatthe National Assembly was made up of the Senate and the House ofRepresentatives. The senate was made up of 95 me members five being electedfrom each state of the Federation. The House of Representatives made 'up of-450 members, 449 have been distributed to the states according to the size andthe remaining one being reserved for the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.Qualified members of the parliament were to be Nigerian citizens up to the ageof 30 for the Senate and 21 for the House of Representatives. Unqualified oneswere those with another country's citizenship, lunatics, those under death sentence, undischarged bankrupts, convicts, public servants, etc. TheState Assembly w a s a unicameral legislaturewhich was made up of three times the number of representatives a state had inthe House of Representatives . According to the -Constitution,qualified candidates must have attained the age of 21.

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