Ijmb Government past Questions and Answers
A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO IJMBE GOVERNMENT (PAPERS 101 AND 102): PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS QUESTION 1 DISCUSS THE NECESSITY OF GOVERNMENT TO THE NORMAL FUNCTIONING OF A SOCIETY Answer Government is an indispensable instrument through which the goals and collective aspirations of the state are articulated, implemented and safeguarded. In political science, the state cannot function meaningfully without government; without it, society descends into anarchy, a condition vividly described by Thomas Hobbes as a state where life becomes “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” Government is generally understood as the machinery or agency responsible for making, enforcing, and interpreting laws for the wellbeing and orderly coexistence of the people. It consists of three arms: The Legislature (law-making), the Executive (law-execution and implementation) the Judiciary (law-interpretation and adjudication). Be that as it may, several scholars have offered insightful defin...