OPINION: It would now seem that the amalgamation project of 1914 has finally reached its apogee, 107 years after it was adopted and implemented as the best colonial policy for governing Nigeria as one colonial entity.
colonial policy for governing Nigeria as one colonial entity. No one needs a seer to know that the colonialists had no good intention for the newly created Nigerian state when the amalgamation happened. Nigeria came into existence out of a sheer colonial necessity, rather than as a prelude to a governance template that has at its heart the well-being and future development of Nigerians.
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