The question was very popular with the 'candidates. Majority of those that attempted the question understood its requirements. They stated good points to score high marks. However, some weak candidates missed the demands of the question and wrote on Government as an academic field of study thereby lost a lot of marks. Candidates' overall performance in the question was good.
Some of the valid points identified by good candidates included:
provision of social amenities;
job creation;
defence of the country;
conducting periodic elections;
administration of justice, etc.