Today 1st of October, 2023 marks Nigeria's 63rd Year of Independence. 63 years after been freed from colonial rule by Britain, Nigeria is indeed standing strong with a population of over 200 million people and an uninterrupted democracy that's already lasted for 24 years not a lot, but for Nigerians it's a milestone considering the 33 years spent in military rule. Now for most people the fore mentioned information is common but there is a much more popular question ask on every Independence Day celebration- how developed is the country since from 1960- it is also no secret that the answer to this question is much more negative than positive. But today we are not going to talk about the development status of the country but rather the most important and glaring issue the country has faced since 1960, "unity". In 1914 the British colonial administration led by Lord Lugard fused together three regions from Western Africa, the conservative Nothern Nigeria Prote
Sir Hugh Charles Clifford, born March/ 5/ 1866, London and died Dec/18/ 1941, Roe hampton London, is a British colonial officer and governor, he succeeded Lord Lugard and became the second Governor-general of Nigeria in 1919. There had being a growing agitation by some Nigerians living in Lagos for changes in administration because because African representation in the executive branch was basically non-existent and in other branches in-adequate. The Nigerian Council of Lord Lugard was seen as a debating society rather than a council responsible for the administration of a nation. Therefore a new administration was introduced in 1922 and Governor Hugh Clifford initiated Nigeria's first constitution. The new legislative council composed of 46 members of which 27 including the Governor were official members all of which are British. The remaining 19 were non-official members out of which, 15 were nominated by the Governor to represent commercial and mining interes