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deji toye
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... a Nation is not an axiom, but an argument.
Mar 10, 2020 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
HOW GANDUJE GOT HIS CLAWS

On 19 Aug. 1950, Hon. Tafawa Balewa, provincial member from Bauchi, shocked the Emirs in the chambers of Northern House of Ass. when he delivered a speech that may now explain the roots of the power politicians have since wielded over the Emirs. 1/13 In that speech, Balewa laid out a number of charges against the 'Sole Native Authority' system in which Emirs/Chiefs served as sole administrators at local govt levels, a carryover of Goldie/Lugard's indirect rule system. 2/13