Civic Education - Junior Secondary 2 - Nigeria as a federation

Nigeria as a federation

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Term: 2nd Term

Week: 3

Class: Junior Secondary School 2

Age: 13 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:

Subject:      Civic education

Topic:-       Nigeria as a federation

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

  1. State the features of the Nigerian federation
  2. Outline the characteristics of the Nigerian federation

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson on Nigeria as a federation

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She states the features of the Nigerian federation

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She further states the characteristics of the Nigerian federation

Students pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a summarized note on the board

The students copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

FEATURES OF THE NIGERIAN FEDERATION

  1. There is constitutional division of powers between the levels of government. In Nigeria, the constitutional powers are divided into exclusive, concurrent and residual list. Only the federal government can legislate on the exclusive list which includes defense, police affairs, fiscal and monetary policies. Both the federal and state government could legislate on concurrent list which include education, etc. it is only the state that is competent to legislate on the residual list which contains such items like land, chieftaincy titles, etc.
  2. A federal state has a bicameral legislature, i.e. two houses of legislature.
  3. The constitution of a federal state is supreme, i.e. sovereignty can only be located in the constitution.
  4. The constitution of a federal state is often written and rigid.
  5. A federal state is heterogeneous and geographically large.
  6. Dual loyalty is entertained in a federal state. For instance, a Nigerian can at the same time be a Lagosian.
  7. There is a body charged with fostering good relations among different levels of government.

 

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NIGERIAN FEDERATION

  1. For easy administration, the entire nation has been divided into states
  2. Sharing of Powers between central and state government. The overall power to control the federation is vested on the president who has to work with the central government. They are members of national assembly, ministers, advisers etc
  3. The head of state government is the governors, followed by members of the state house of assembly
  4. The federal government have programmes and projects they execute in each state. When the directives are issued, the state government complies with this directive.

 

EVALUATION:    1. State three features of the Nigerian federation

  1. State four characteristics of the Nigerian federation

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively