Abubakar tafawa balewa sony
On January 4, , Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa symbolically paid a £1 toll to cross the newly constructed Niger Bridge....
A Northern Nigerian Call for Independence
This resource was developed in as part of Biafra, Nigeria, the West and the World by David Trask.
The fact he had a large collection of perfumes and Sony TV at that time shows he was ostentatious.
This document provides information on a number of issues:
- What are the speakers hopes for independence?
- What additional historical points does this reading provide?
- Are there foreshadowings of future difficulties within this document?
Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was a leader of the Northern People’s Congress.
He was named Prime Minister of the after the elections associated with Nigerian independence. He was assassinated during the January, , coup.
Motion:
That this House authorizes the Government of the Federation of Nigeria to request Her Majestys Government in the United Kingdom as soon as practicable to introduce a legislation in the Parliament of the United Kingdom providing for the establishment of the Federation of Nigeria on October 1, as an Independent Sovereign State, and to request Her Majest