JUPEBGovernmentBasic Concepts and Principles

The doctrine of popular sovereignty holds that

Asovereignty resides in the people, who delegate it to government through elections.CORRECT
Bsovereignty belongs to the president.
Csovereignty is shared between the state and the United Nations.
Dsovereignty belongs to the armed forces.
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Popular sovereignty, expressed in Section 14(2)(a) of the 1999 Constitution as 'sovereignty belongs to the people of Nigeria from whom government through this Constitution derives all its powers and authority', means that governments rule only with the consent of the governed.
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