WASSCE Government · Paper 1 style

Ghana

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The first Prime Minister of independent Ghana was

AJ. B. Danquah
BKwame Nkrumah
CNnamdi Azikiwe
DJerry Rawlings

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Answer: B

Ghana's first PM: Nkrumah.

Trap A Gives only one part of the concept: Recall the full definition and check the option covers it, not just one component.

Trap C Confuses Nigerian constitutional history: Clifford 1922: elective principle (Lagos, Calabar). Richards 1946: regionalism. Macpherson 1951: wider consultation, central council of ministers. Lyttleton 1954: true federalism. 1960: independence; 1963: republic.

Trap D Picks a neighbouring date: Learn key dates as a timeline with the event attached (1957 Ghana independence; 1960 republic; 1963 OAU). Check the event, not just a familiar year.

Traps in Ghana

Gives only one part of the concept
Recall the full definition and check the option covers it, not just one component.
Confuses Nigerian constitutional history
Clifford 1922: elective principle (Lagos, Calabar). Richards 1946: regionalism. Macpherson 1951: wider consultation, central council of ministers. Lyttleton 1954: true federalism. 1960: independence; 1963: republic.
Picks a neighbouring date
Learn key dates as a timeline with the event attached (1957 Ghana independence; 1960 republic; 1963 OAU). Check the event, not just a familiar year.
Military rule misconceptions
Military regimes suspend the constitution and rule by decrees/edicts; the ruling council (e.g. Supreme Military Council) combines executive and legislative powers.
Confuses Ghanaian constitutional history
Burns 1946: African unofficial majority in Legislative Council. Coussey 1951: led to Nkrumah as Leader of Government Business. 1957 independence; 1960 republic (Nkrumah president); 1992 Fourth Republic.

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