WAEC Government 2025 Objective — Question 31
Question 31 of 52 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Government 2025 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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Identify a common practice in the governance structure of the pre-independence constitutions of the British West African colonies.
- A. Full local government
- B. Centralized power
- C. Unlimited powerCorrect
- D. Social development
Explanation
Under most pre-independence constitutions in British West African colonies, governors were vested with absolute and unlimited powers, unchecked by legislative or executive councils, answerable only to the British Government in London.
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