GOVERNMENT
JAMB 2006 - Question 32
Government 2006 JAMB Past Questions - Question 32: Public opinion helps a government to
Correct Answer
A
Explanation
PublicOpinion helps a government to develop the courtry in line with the people'saspirations. Public Opinion is the beliefs, values and attitudes whichare commonly held and expressed by majority of the people on a given public issue.Some of the functions of Public Opinion are as follows:1. Public Opinion helps the government to know whatthe public think about its policies and actions.2. It helps a responsible government to moderateher actions if possible to dror some actions that may help to pull dow thegovernment.3. It wakes up government and its agencies fromslumber:4. It enables the government to know the needsand aspirations of its citizens.5 Itbrings about the formulation of policies and taking actions that are to thebest interest of majority of its citizens.

