This was about the most popular question because almost all candidates attempted it.  Moreover, majority of those that attempted it scored good marks.  They knew the requirement and stated the required points.

However, candidates overall performance could have been very fantastic if some of them had endeavoured to expatiate their points.  Substantial marks were lost by some few weak candidates because they merely listed their points.

On the whole, the overall performance of candidates in the question was well above average.  Some of the points candidates identified to score high marks included: 

• the Western Regional electoral crisis of 1965;
• the general electoral crisis of 1964  between the Nigerian National Alliance (NNA) and United Progressive Grand Alliance (UPGA);
• the inter-tribal politics among the three major tribes Hausa/Fulani, Igbo and Yoruba;                                                                                   
• the census crisis of 1962/63;
  
• inordinate ambition of the military to taste political power;
  corruption;
• inter and intra-party conflicts, etc.