Civic Education - Junior Secondary 3 - 1999 Constitution

1999 Constitution

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Term: 1st Term

Week: 9

Class: Junior Secondary School 3

Age: 14 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:

Subject:      Civic education

Topic:-       1999 constitution

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

  1. State the features and demerits of the 1999 constitution

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 the 1989 constitution

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She states and explains the features of the 1999 constitution

 

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She states and explains the demerits of the 1999 constitution

 

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

CONSTITUTION

FEATURES OF 1999 CONSTITUTION

  1. The 1999 constitution maintained the Executive presidential system of government in which the president is the Head of State, the Head of government in Chief of the Armed Forces.  It provides for clear separation of powers among organs of government.
  2. Under the 1999 constitution, the executive powers of a state shall be vested in the Governor of that state and may be exercised by him either directly or through the Deputy Governor and commissioners of the Government of that state or officers in the public service of the state, while the Judicial powers of the Federation and the state are vested in the courts established for the federation and the states and the supreme court of Nigeria remains the highest court of Appeal for Nigeria.
  3. The National Assembly shall remain Bicameral in nature with 109 members in the House of Senate (3 senators per state, and 1 for Abuja) while the house of Representatives has 360 members, each representing the 360 Federal constituencies.

 

DEMERITS OF THE 1999 CONSTITUTION

  1. The constitution was imposed by the Military head of state
  2. It is difficult to amend due to the rigidity nature of the constitution
  3. The constitution was drafted to favour Abacha’s and Abdulsalami’s regime who were the then Military helmsmen.
  4. The constitution vested too much power on the president and the Federal government.
  5. There is too much centralization of the Judiciary which negates the principle of Federalism

 

EVALUATION:    1. State and explain three features and demerits of the 1999 constitution

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively