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
Colonial rule exploited Nigerian labour in a way that profited European firms more than Nigerians themselves. It also limited Nigeria's participation in issues that concerned the governing of the country. These perceived shortcoming of colonial rule gave rise to Nigerian nationalism, otherwise known as anti-colonial movements. Nigerians, like other colonized people of the world, sought for their independence. The Nigerian anti-colonial movements is a nonviolent movement which reflects response and resistance to British rule in Nigeria through strike actions, newspaper press and propaganda, trade unionism, boycott, mass migration and parliamentary motions. Nigeria was granted independence on October 1, 1960. A new constitution established a federal system with an elected prime minister and a ceremonial head of state. The NCNC now headed by Azikiwe (who had taken control after Macaulay's death in 1946), formed a coalition with Balewa's NPC after neither party