Hello @samminator

This is a well detailed piece on precolonial Nigeria, the events that precipitated agitations for independence and the various platforms via which the calls for independence were aired.

To this day...in my opinion, the decision to amalgamate North and South Protectorates was the greatest mistake committed by the colonialists. That's on the one hand; on the other hand, the stance of the supposed Zik of Africa not to have a divided nation was the greatest blunder of all times. Azikiwe wanted one Africa or more correctly one West Africa so that he would lord it over other minorities. This was his motivation for standing against regionalism.

I don't want to go deep into what transpired in those days but one fact that would continue to stand out is: where we, as a nation today, is not entirely as a result of colonial mistakes, our forebearers, most esp Zik, contributed to the problems of Nigeria as we have them today.

@eurogee