UNIQUE FRIENDS SCHOOLS1. Federal Government: Is the central government. It is in charge of defence, police, army, foreign affairs, currency matters etc. It supervises the states and local governments.
2. State Government: the state governors are the heads of state governments. A state governor oversees the State Council of Chiefs, State Civil Service Commission etc. The State Executive Council is headed by the governor and is responsible for smooth running of the state.
3. Local Government: is the third tier or third level of government in the country. It is headed by the local government chairman. The laws made by the local government are called bye-laws.
B. Areas of differences between the federal, state and local government
These are the major differences in their functions:
1. The Federal government initiates and implements i.e carries out policies for the whole country. However, the states and local government have their own areas of authority.
2. The federal government has the power to control the states and local government but the states and local governments cannot control the federal government.
3. The federal, states and local governments receive money from the federation account and this money is called budgetary allocation.
4. The Federal Executive Council is headed by the president. It is made up of the past heads of states, state governor and ministers.
5. The Federal government has two legislative houses – the Senate and the House of Representatives.
6. The states and local government have uni-cameral legislature each (i.e only one law-making house or office.)