Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Junior Secondary School 1

SUBJECT:��CIVIC EDUCATION ��� ���

CLASS:� JSS1

DATE:

TERM: 3RD TERM

Week Nine

Topic: Notables Notes and Common Abbreviation.

Content

• -� Notable Notes
• -� Common Abbreviation
• -� Important Event before Independence�
• -� Important Political Events since Independence

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Notable Notes

OAU��� ��� -��� Organization of African Unity was founded May 1963.� Its headquarters is in Addis Ababa Ethiopia.

UBE��� ��� -��� Universal Basic Education

UN��� ��� -��� United Nations

NAFDAC��� -��� National Agency For Food, Drug Administration and Control.

INEC��� ��� -��� Independent National Electoral Commission

KAI��� ��� -��� Kick Against Indiscipline

WHO��� ��� -��� World Health Organisation�

FERMA��� -��� Federal Road Maintenance Agency

NLC��� ��� -��� Nigeria Labour Congress

NBA��� ��� -��� Nigeria Bar Association

ILO��� ��� -��� International Labour Organisation�

IMF��� ��� -��� International Monetary Fund

OPEC��� ��� -��� Organisation of Petroleum Expository Countries

PH.D��� ��� -��� Doctor of Philosophy

GMT��� ��� -��� Greenwich Meridian Time

P.M��� ��� -��� Post Meridian

A.M��� ��� -��� Ante Meridian

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Important Event Before Independence

1859��� ��� -� ��� The first newspaper in Nigeria, Iwe Iroyin was established.

1914��� ��� -��� The North and Southern Protectorates were amalgamated to form Nigeria (Nigeria was born.

10th June 1956 -��� Crude oil was discovered in Oloibiri in the present Bayelsa State.

1959��-��� The first pre-national election was held that brought Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa of

�Northern People Congress as Governor.

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Importance Political Events Since Independence

1. 1st October 1960 Nigeria became an independent country.
2. 1st October 1963 Nigeria became a Republic Mid Western Region was created
3. 22nd May 1973- NYSC was created.
4. 9th May 1987 -� Chief Obafemi Awolowo died.
5. 12th December 1986 – Professor Wole Soyinka became the first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

6. 4th-8th October 2003. all African Games (COJA) was held in Abuja
7. 29thMarch 2006-� Nigeria witnessed eclipse of the sun across the country.

Evaluation

1. What is the full meaning of Ph.D, OPEC, GMT.?
2. When did Nigeria become independent?

Weekend Assignment

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1. When did Nigeria became independent?
2. 1st October 1960 ��� B.2nd April, 1906��� C. 1st November 1970��� D. 4th April 2001.
3. GMT means : A. Greenwich Meridian Time ��� B. Good Morning Teacher
4. ��� God Moving Time��� ��� ��� D. None of the above
5. Petroleum was first discovered in commercial quantity in ________.
6. Lagos ��� ��� B. Oloibiri Bayelsa State��� C.Oyo, Ibadan � D. Akure Ondo State
7. The Northern and Southern Protectorate was amalgamated on
8. 1st October, 1960 ��� B. 1st October 1963��� ��� C. January, 1914��� D. 27th May 2012
9. Where is the Headquarters of Organisation of African Unity? A.Ikeja��� ��� ��� ��� B. Ibadan��� ��� ��� C. Onikan��� ��� D. Addis Ababa

Theory

1. Write the full meaning of
2. NAFDAC��� ��� ii. INEC��� ��� iii. Who��� iv. NBA��� v. KAI