NECO Government Syllabus 2024/2025

NECO Government Syllabus for the 2024/2025 session is now ready for all students and the reason why NECO released this early to help students know what they should focus on and read well for their upcoming examination.

In this post, we are going to list out all the topics that you would likely be seeing on your NECO examination and don’t forget to look a your past questions, it will help you.

Table of Contents

NECO Government Syllabus

SECTION A: ELEMENTS OF GOVERNMENT

1. MEANING AND SCOPE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER – GOVERNMENT

(i) Government as an institution of the state . Definition of state, features, structure and functions.

(ii) Government as a process or art or governing.

(iii) Government as an academic field of study – reasons for studying government.

2. BASIC CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT

(i) Basic concepts – State, *Society, *Nation, Power, Authority, Legitimacy, Sovereignty, Democracy, Political Culture and Socialization, Communalism, Feudalism and oligarchy, *Liberalism, Socialism, Communism, Capitalism, Fascism, Aristocracy, Totalitarianism. Meaning and features.

(ii) Basic principles – Rule of Law, Fundamental Human Rights, Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances, Constitutionalism, Political participation, Representative Government, Centralization and Decentralization – (Delegated Legislation, Devolution and Decentralization).

3. CONSTITUTIONS

(i) Definition and Sources

(ii) Functions

(iii) Types and Features, (Written and Unwritten, Rigid and Flexible).

4. ORGANS OF GOVERNMENT

The Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary – Judicial Independence. (Types, Structure, Composition/membership; Functions; powers and limitations). 5. STATE STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF GOVERNMENT

(a) Types – Unitary, Federal, Confederal, Presidential or Non-parliamentary,
Parliamentary or Cabinet, Monarchical and Republican.
Meaning, types, features, merits and demerits.

6. CITIZENSHIP

Meaning, mode of acquisition, rights, duties and obligations of individuals in the state.
Means of safeguarding rights of citizens.

7. POLITICAL PARTIES AND PARTY SYSTEMS

(i) Political Parties – definition, organization/structure, and functions.

(ii) Party Systems – definition, types, merits and demerits.

8. PRESSURE GROUPS, PUBLIC OPINION AND MASS MEDIA

(i) Pressure Groups – definition, types, mode of operation and functions;

(ii) Public opinion – definition, formation, Measurement and importance;

(iii) Mass Media – definition, roles and impact.

9. THE ELECTORAL SYSTEMS, PROCESSES AND ELECTORAL MANAGEMENT BODY

(a) Electoral Systems and Processes (i) Election- Meaning and purpose of elections. (ii) Franchise – meaning, and limitations. (iii) Types, advantages and disadvantages of Electoral Systems. (b) Electoral Management Body – definition, function, problems/constrains.

10. PUBLIC/CIVIL SERVICE ADMINISTRATION

(i) Public/Civil Service – Meaning, Structure, Characteristics and Functions.

(ii) Public/Civil Service Commission –meaning and Functions.

(iii) Public Corporations – definition, purposes, functions, control, challenges, need for commercialization and privatization.

(iv) Local Governments – Meaning, structure, Purposes, Functions, Sources of revenue, control and problems.

SECTION B: POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVLEOPMENTS IN WEST AFRICA AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

11. PRE-COLONIAL POLITICAL SYSTEM OF CANDIDATES’ RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES

The Structural Organization of the following: (a) Nigeria – Hausa/Fulani, the Yoruba and the Igbo.

(b) Ghana – The Akan and the Talensi.

(d) The Gambia – The Wolof, Mandingo and Jola.

(e) Liberia – The Vai and the Kru.

12. COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION

(i) The Policy and Structure of the British Colonial Administration – Crown Colony, Protectorate and Indirect Rule.

(ii) The Policy of French Colonial Administration – Assimilation and Association (Loi Cadre).

(iii) Impact, Advantages and disadvantages of Colonial Rule.

13. NATIONALISM IN CANDIDATES’ RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES

(i) Nationalism: Meaning, factors and effects.

(ii) Key Nationalist leaders/movements and their contributions.

14. CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN CANDIDATES’ RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES

(i) Pre-Independence Constitutions –

(a) Nigeria (features) – Clifford 1922 Richards 1946 Macpherson 1951 Littleton 1954
(b) Ghana (features, merits and demerits) – Clifford 1916 Guggisberg 1925 Burns 1946 Arden Clarke 1951 Nkrumah 1954
(c) Sierra Leone (features, merits and demerits) – Slatter 1924 Stevenson 1947 Beresford Stooke 1951 The 1956 and 1958 Constitutions.
(d) The Gambia (features, merits and demerits) – The 1947, 1951, 1954, 1960, 1962 and 1963 Constitutions.

15. DEVELOPMENT OF MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE CANDIDATES’ RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES

– Nigeria – Sierra Leone – The Gambia – Liberia Formation, Objectives, Sources of Finance, Achievements and Failures

16. MILITARY RULE IN THE CANDIDATES’ RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES.

– Nigeria – Ghana; – Sierra Leone – The Gambia – Liberia Causes, effects and various military regimes.

17. FEDERAL/UNITARY SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT IN WEST AFRICA – Nigeria – Sierra Leone – The Gambia – Liberia Origin, Factors, Structure, Features and Problems

18. FOREIGN POLICIES OF THE CANDIDATES’ RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES

– Nigeria – Ghana – Sierra Leone – The Gambia – Liberia Definitions, Factors, objectives, advantages and disadvantages.

19. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

The United Nations Organizations (UNO), The Commonwealth of Nations, African Union (AU) – NEPAD, The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Origin, aims/objectives, achievements and problems.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can i read ahead of my teacher?

Of cause, that is the purpose of the syllabus, to read ahead and prepre better. All the tpics you are going to be learning have been listed here and we advise you to take it serious and read up before the main exam.

Is NECO mock CBT based?

NECO has announced that their mock will be CBT and the reason for bringing mock is to help student have an idea of what they will be going into the hall to do.

Conclusion

Getting ready fo you NECO examination? well you don’t have to worry about which topic to read because NECO Government Syllabus which we have provided for you here have it all. Don’t forget to share this to your classmates so they can also benefit from it.

NECO Government Syllabus 2024/2025