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1. A permanent secretary gives technical advice to a minister, but the minister publicly answers for the ministry's policy. This illustrates which convention of the civil service?
  1. Anonymity
  2. Tenure of office
  3. Political partisanship
  4. Collective cabinet responsibility

Answer: A. Anonymity

Anonymity means career officials usually work without public political prominence while ministers accept responsibility for departmental actions.

2. Which practice best demonstrates political neutrality by a career civil servant during an election campaign?
  1. Using official vehicles to canvass for the governing party
  2. Serving the elected administration professionally regardless of party
  3. Refusing to implement policies approved by a new government
  4. Standing as a party candidate while retaining the same official duties

Answer: B. Serving the elected administration professionally regardless of party

Political neutrality requires career officials to serve governments professionally without using their office for party advantage.

3. A Nigerian public corporation is created by statute and can own property and sue in its own name. These features indicate that it has
  1. legislative sovereignty
  2. customary authority
  3. a separate legal personality
  4. exclusive power to make criminal law

Answer: C. a separate legal personality

A statutory corporation's separate legal personality allows it to hold property and participate in legal proceedings in its own name.

4. Before a federal ministry may lawfully spend public money on a new programme, which approval is ordinarily required?
  1. A resolution of the Supreme Court
  2. A petition signed by local councils
  3. A directive from the civil service union
  4. An appropriation authorized by the legislature

Answer: D. An appropriation authorized by the legislature

Legislative appropriation provides legal authority for government expenditure from public funds.

5. A local council receives a share of revenue distributed from the Federation Account under the constitutional revenue-sharing arrangement. The receipt is best described as
  1. a statutory allocation
  2. a customs duty imposed by the council
  3. a voluntary household donation
  4. a foreign loan contracted by a private company

Answer: A. a statutory allocation

A statutory allocation is revenue shared with a local government through the legally prescribed intergovernmental arrangement.

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