GOVERNMENT SCHEME OF WORK FOR SS3 FIRST TERM

Week 1

• Federalism:Definition/meaning.
• The emergence of federalism in Nigeria.
• Factors that necessitated the formation of federalism.
• Conferences organised by colonial powers.

Week 2: NATURE AND STRUCTURE OF NIGERIAN FEDERALISM

• Federalism before Independence from 1914 – 1959.
• Federalism before Independence from 1960 – 1966.
• Federalism before Independence from 1967 – 1975.
• Federalism before Independence from 1976 – Date.

Week 3: PROBLEMS OF NIGERIAN FEDERALISM.

• Revenue allocation formula in Nigeria.
• Need for revenue allocation in a federal state.
• Conflict over each adopted revenue allocation formula.

Week 4: MINORITY ISSUE AND THE CREATION OF STATES

• The major and minor ethnic groups in Nigeria.
• Reasons for the demand of more states.
• Complexity and endless nature of the state creation.
• Recommendation of Willink’s Commission.
• Solution to minority problems in Nigeria.

Week 5: INTER-ETHNIC RIVALRY AND ISSUE OF STATE CREATION

• The nature of ethnic conflict and rivalry in Nigeria.
• Problems of secession in Nigeria.
• Measures to avoid secession in Nigeria.

Week 6: DEVELOPMENTAL OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN NIGERIA

• National Democratic Party (NDP).
• Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM).
• National Council of Nigeria and Cameroon Citizens (NCNC).

Week 7:DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN NIGERIA (CONTINUED)

• Action Group (AG).
• Northern People’s Congress (NPC).
• Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU).
• Northern Party of Nigeria (NPN).
• Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN).
• Nigerian People’s Party (NPP).

Week 8: DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN NIGERIA (CONTINUED)

• Great Nigerian People’s Party (GNPP).
• People’s Redemption Party (PRP).
• Nigerian Advance Party (NAP).
• Social Democratic Party (SDP).
• National Republican Convention (NRC).

Week 9: DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN NIGERIA (CONTINUED)

• People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
• All Nigerian People’s Party (ANPP).
• Alliance for Democracy (AD).
• Action Congress (AC) and small political parties.

Week 10: MAJOR POLITICAL CRISES IN NIGERIA

• Kano riot 1953.
• Eastern region constitution 1953.
• Census crisis 1962/63.
• Action group crisis.
• Nigerian civil war 1967 – 1970.

Week 11: Revision.

Week 12 Examination.