Civic Education - Junior Secondary 2 - Nigeria as a federation

Nigeria as a federation

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Term: 2nd Term

Week: 5

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 functions of the state and local government
  2. Outline the problems of the three levels of government

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 and explains the functions of the state and local governments

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She further outlines the problems of the three levels of government

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

The State Government

This is the second tier of the federalism system of government, it is headed by the state governor, and currently Nigeria has 36 states all together. The legislative arm of the state government is called the state house of assembly.

 

Functions of the state government

  1. They are charged with the duty of providing Education for its residents
  2. They are to ensure that the roads at their jurisdiction are well maintained and build new roads at where necessary.
  3. They implement federal mandate
  4. They are charged with the duty of collecting and generating revenue.
  5. They operate judicial system.

 

The Local Government

The local government is the third tier of the federalism Government, it is headed by a “chairman”. It is the government of the grass root where the majority lives.

 

Functions of the local government

  1. The local government provides health centre’s to the people at the grassroots.
  2. They are responsible for naming the streets and the roads
  3. They help to maintain orderliness
  4. They help with the duty of registering death, birth and marriage certificate.
  5. Control and regulation of outdoor advertising and hoarding.

 

PROBLEMS OF THE THREE TIERS OF GOVERNMENTS 

1) Revenue allocation formular among the tiers of government.

2) Boundary disputes among the component units.

3) Inter-village or town rivalry. There had been rivalry resulting to clashes between villages or town over boundary and creation of local government.

4) Federal character: Appointment into federal establishments, states and local governments are not usually based on merit but federal character

 

EVALUATION:    1.) State four functions each of the

                             a.) state government   

                             b.) local government

                             2.) Outline three problems of the three levels of government

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively