Neco 2022 Government Question 19

Practice objective / multiple choice question 19 from the 2022 Neco Government examination.

Neco 2022 Government Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 19 NECO • 2022 • GOVERNMENT • objective

The federal government's total revenue for the year is \(\text{₦}5\) trillion. By constitutional provision, \(10\%\) of this amount is allocated to local governments, i.e. \(\text{₦}0.5\) trillion. The allocation formula is 60\% based on population and 40\% based on land area. State A accounts for 5\% of the nation's population and 3\% of its land area. Its population is 2 million people.\n\n(i) What is State A's total allocation under the current formula?\n(ii) What is the per‑capita amount for State A?\n(iii) If the weighting is changed to 70\% population and 30\% land area, what would be State A's new allocation?

Answer Options

A. \(\text{₦}20\) billion
B. \(\text{₦}24\) billion
Correct Answer C. \(\text{₦}22\) billion
D. \(\text{₦}18\) billion
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
\(\text{₦}22\) billion

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This is Neco 2022 Government Question 19. It is one of the objective questions from the 2022 Neco Government examination.

Difficulty level: Hard .

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