Vocabulary Development on Government and Election By: Dinzei Maureen Marris

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 Vocabulary Development on Government and Election

In Nigeria, the head of the government is the --1---. He chooses his --2--. The head of the government together with the ministries, form the --3--. Each minister is responsible for a different --4-- of government.

It is the Minister for Foreign Affairs that oversees the country's --5-- policy. The Minister of Education is responsible for collecting the government revenue. The money which the government needs to carry out it's policies is the --7--. One of the ways through which the government gets the money to carry out it's policies is the --8--. Another important --9-- carried out by the Ministry of Finance is the preparation of the country's --10--.


  A                B                  C                           D               

Minister President Head of Service Senate President 

Commissioners  Staff    Ministers            Workers 

Quorum           Council    Government    Cabinet 

Department    Arm         Forum                  Section

internal           foreign        local               national

building   school   college                  education 

fund              finance      revenue                money

taxes              revenue     finance             profits

receipt   collection  function            assignment 

budget     returns      estimates            finance


Adapted from the New Oxford English for Junior Secondary Schools, Book2

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