Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Junior Secondary School 2

TERM: 2nd TERM

SUBJECT: CIVIC EDUCATION                                

CLASS:  JSS 2

REFERENCE

• Fundamentals of Civic Education for Basic 8 by Sola Akinyemi.
• Fundamentals of Civic Education for Basic 8 Workbook by Sola Akinyemi.

WEEK ONE

TOPIC: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

1. Federal Government:  Is the central government. It is in charge of defence, police, army, foreign affairs, currency matters etc. It supervises the states and local governments.
2. State Government: the state governors are the heads of state governments.  A state governor oversees the State Council of Chiefs, State Civil Service Commission etc.  The State Executive Council is headed by the governor and is responsible for smooth running of the state.
3. Local Government: is the third tier or third level of government in the country.  It is headed by the local government chairman.  The laws made by the local government are called bye-laws.

EVALUATION

State three areas of relationship among the tiers of government

Areas of differences between the federal, state and local government

These are the major differences in their functions:

1. The Federal government initiates  and implements i.e carries out policies for the whole country. However, the states and local government have their own areas of authority.
2. The federal government has the power to control the states and local government but the states and local 

governments cannot control the federal government.

3. The federal, states and local governments receive money from the federation account and this money is called budgetary allocation.
4. The Federal Executive Council is headed by the president.  It is made up of the past heads of states, state governor and ministers.
5. The Federal government has two legislative houses – the Senate and the House of Representatives.
6. The states and local government have uni-cameral legislature each (i.e only one law-making house or office.)

GENERAL EVALUATION/REVISION QUESTIONS

1. State three major differences among the tiers of government.
2. Mention three characteristics of a federation.
3. Mention three ways to nurture your talents.
4. List three processes of discovering your talents.

READING ASSIGNMENT

Fundamentals of Civic Education for Basic 8 by Sola Akinyemipgs 37-40.

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

1. _________ commands the greatest power in Nigeria
2. President         B. Senate        C. Army        D. Governor
3. Nigeria operates a federal, written and rigid constitution.
4. Yes             B. No            C. Yes and No        D. I don’t know
5. The Federal Executive Council, the highest policy making council in Nigeria, is headed by ______.
6. Vice President     B. Senate President    C. President        D. All Nigerians
7. ________is the highest court in Nigeria.
8. Magistrate Court     B. High Court        C. Supreme Court    D. District Court
9. Bye-laws are made by ______
10. lawyers         B. president        C. governors        D. local government

THEORY

1. State four features or attributes of a federation.
2. Write a short note on the supreme court.