WAEC Government 2014 Objective — Question 10

Question 10 of 50 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Government 2014 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

A characteristic of a federal system of government is that power is

A. shared between the central and unit governmentsCorrect
B. shared between the component units of government
C. held by the national government
D. held by the state government

Explanation

A key characteristic of federalism is that power is constitutionally shared between the central (national) government and the component (state/regional) governments.

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