Government 2, WASSCE (PC, 2ND) 2022

Question 8

 

Highlight five major factorwhich the military used as an excuse to topple democratically elected government in Nigeria after independence

Observation

This was a popular question. The performance of candidates that attempted the question was good as they understood the demands of the question and demonstrated good mastery of the subject. They performed credibly well and scored high marks. However, candidates are to provide the following points in order to score good marks.

  1. Officers’ personal interest
  2. Military organizational grievances
  3. Economic decline
  4. Domestic political crises
  5. Contagion from other regional coups/external influence
  6. Corruption in government
  7. Embezzlement and mismanagement/greedy and selfish leaders
  8. Constitutional crises
  9. Autocratic leadership style of the leaders
  10. Decline in democratic freedom of the people/electoral malpractices
  11. Tribal politics/nepotism and favouritism
  12. Persecution of opposition/suppression of political opponents
  13. Dominance of Regional political parties and their parochial interest
  14. Census crises
  15. Unemployment
  16. Shortage of essential commodities on the market/price hikes/economic hardship
  17. Ideological interest of foreign powers
  18. Political interference in the affairs of the military
  19. Absence of free and fair elections
  20. Mistrust and suspicion among the political class
  21. Inter and intra party disputes
  22. Internal insecurity/breakdown of law and order