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Republican constitution of 1963

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Term: 3rd Term

Week: 7

Class: Senior Secondary School 2

Age: 16 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:      Government

Topic:-       Republican constitution of 1963

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

  1. State the features of the constitution
  2. State the merits and demerits of the 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 reviews the previous lesson on Independence constitution of 1960

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

He states the features of the Republican constitution of 1963

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

He states the merits and demerits of the Republican constitution of 1963

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

REPUBLICAN CONSTITUTION OF 1963

This Constitution which was passed into Law by the Federal parliament on September 19, 1963 came into operations on October 1, 1963.

Nigeria was faced with some problems which gave rise to the constitutional conference held in Lagos on July 25 and 26, 1963 where Nigerian Political Leaders resolved that Nigeria should become a Federal Republic.

 

FEATURES OF THE REPUBLICAN CONSTITUTION OF 1963

Nigeria obtained a Republican Constitution of 1963 and some changes were introduced by the constitutions.

  1. It enthroned a Republican Constitution in Nigeria.
  2. Queen of England was no longer head of state.
  3. The Queen was replaced with the president who became Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

 

MERITS OF THE 1963 REPUBLICAN CONSTITUTION

  1. The elected president became head of state instead of British Monarch.
  2. Supreme Court became the final court of appeal in the land.
  3. Right of citizens was fully guaranteed and entrenched.

 

DEMERIT OF THE 1963 REPUBLICAN CONSTITUTION.

  1. The legislative and the executive arm of government were fused.
  2. It had parliamentary supremacy instead of constitutional supremacy.
  3. Prime minister was accountable to the parliament and not to the people.

 

EVALUATION:    1. State the features of the 1963 republican constitution.

  1. State three merits and demerits of the 1963 republican constitution.

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively