01/01/2020
JAMB Government Syllabus 2020
1) Basic Concepts in Government
a. Power, right, Legitimacy, Authority, Sovereignty.
b. Society, state, nation, nation-state.
c. Political processes, political socialization, political participation, political culture.
2) Forms of Government
a. Monarchy
b. Aristocracy
c. Oligarchy
d. Democracy
e. Republic
3) Arms of Government
a. The legislature
b. The executive
c. The Judiciary
4) Structures of Government
a. Unitary
b. Federal
c. Confederal
5) Systems of Governance
a. Presidential
b. Parliamentary
c. Monarchical
6) Political Ideologies
a. Communalism
b. Federalism
c. Capitalism
d. Socialism
e. Fascism
7) Constitution
a. Written and unwritten constitution
b. Rigid and flexible constitution
8) Principles of democratic Government
a. Separation of power
b. Checks and balances
c. Constitutionalism
d. Rule of law
9) Processes of legislation
a. Legislative enactment - acts, edicts
b. Delegated legislation and decrees
10) Citizenship
a. Meaning and types
b. Citizenship rights
c. Duties and obligations of citizens
11) The Electoral process
a. Franchise
b. Election
c. Electoral system
d. Electoral commission
12) Party groups
a. Definition, function and types
b. Political parties
13) Pressure groups
14) Public opinion
15) The Civil Service
16) Pre- Colonial politics
a. Saranta, Emirate, Tiv, Igbo and Yoruba system of Governance
17) Imperialist pe*******on
a. British colonial administrative policy
b. Impact of British colonial rule
c. Comparision of British and French colonial adminstration
18) Process of decolonization
a. Nationalist movement
b. Influence of external factors
c. Constitutional development
19) Post Independence constitutions
20) Political parties in the post Independence period
21) The structure of Nigerian federalism
a. Tiers of Government
b. Creation of states
c. Problems of Nigerian federalism
22) Public corporations and parastatals
23) Local Government
24) The Military in Nigeria politics
25) Foreign policy
a. Nigeria foreign policy
b. Relations with major powers and developing countries
26) Nigeria in International organisations
a. The United Nations
b. The Commonwealth
c. The Organisation of African unity(OAU)
d. The African union
e. The Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS)
f. The Organisation of Petroleum exporting countries (OPEC)
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