JSS2 Civic Education Lesson Note on Federal; State and Local Governments

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TOPIC: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

 Content:

• Nature of relationship among federal, state and local government
• Differences among federal, state, and local governments

The major relationship between Federal and State Governments and local

Government is summarized below

1. In a Federal and State, all the government activities are being coordinated together, yet they are independent of one another
2. The component states of the federation are created out of a single country.
3. There are powers sharing in the federation.
4. There is the duplication of government departments at the federal, state and local levels
5. The country’s resources are kept in the national treasury and shared among the 3 levels (tiers) of government every month.
6. Regular council of states meetings bring the Federal and state governments together to discuss national problems and issues of economic development.
7. The federal government represents the entire nation external affairs.
8. All the levels of government are under the operation of the same
9. Constitution to form a united government

DIFFERENCES AMONG FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

In spite of the existing relationship between the levels of government, there are areas of differences, which could be seen in the following areas.

1. The functions of the Federal Government cover the whole of the federation while a state will only operate within the state and local government level
2. The Federal legislature is bicameral, made up of the senate and the House of Representatives, while the State legislature is unicameral.
3. The executive council at the Federal level is headed by the President while at the state level is the Governor.
4. The federal government exercises power on the exclusive list while state government legislates on the Residual legislative list

 

	Federal	State	Local Government
Functions	Covers the whole of the federation	Only operate within the state.	Operate at the local or small community
Legislative power	1.  Bicameral 2. makes laws affecting the whole country	Unicameral State laws cover their area of operation	Unicameral Local laws covers local levels
Executive power	The executive council at the federal level is headed by the president and assisted by the vice presidents and some ministers	At the state level the head of administration is the Governor  assisted by deputy governor with some commissioners and state civil servants	At the local government level the chair man is the head assisted by   vice chairman and the councilors with their workers.

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