Observation

This question was popular among the candidates. The candidates who attempted it performed very well and scored high marks. However, some candidates misunderstood the question. Candidates were expected to provide the following answers to the question.

1. Promotion of national interest
2. Preservation and protection of national sovereignty
3. Law making function
4. Policy formulation
5. Policy implementation
6. Provision of national leadership
7. Protecting the rights of citizens home and abroad
8. Maintenance of internal law and order
9. Protect the state against internal and external attack/defence
10. It ensures the welfare of the people e.g., care for the aged, poverty reduction scheme etc.
11. Conduct the state’s foreign policy
12. Administration of justice/adjudication of disputes
13. Creates an enabling environment for state institutions to function effectively
14. It controls and manages the economy of the state
15. Provision of employment opportunities
16. Protection of lives and property
17. Provision of essential services
18. Provision of civic and political education
19. Ensuring national cohesion/unity