Question 1
Identify five major functions of government as an agent of the state.
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.
- Promotion of national interest
- Preservation and protection of national sovereignty
- Law making function
- Policy formulation
- Policy implementation
- Provision of national leadership
- Protecting the rights of citizens home and abroad
- Maintenance of internal law and order
- Protect the state against internal and external attack/defence
- It ensures the welfare of the people e.g., care for the aged, poverty reduction scheme etc.
- Conduct the state’s foreign policy
- Administration of justice/adjudication of disputes
- Creates an enabling environment for state institutions to function effectively
- It controls and manages the economy of the state
- Provision of employment opportunities
- Protection of lives and property
- Provision of essential services
- Provision of civic and political education
- Ensuring national cohesion/unity