JAMB History · Section 3

Colonial Administration after the Amalgamation

Section C: Nigeria, 1900–1960

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Official JAMB History outline · Section C: Nigeria, 1900–1960

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a. Central administration: Legislative and Executive Councils.

Objective

Relate the composition of the central administrative set-up to its consequences.

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b. Indirect Rule: reasons, working and effects.

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Identify the reasons for the introduction and workings of the indirect rule system and assess its effects.

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c. Local administrative institutions, Native Authorities, Native Courts and Native Treasuries.

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Examine the local administrative units.

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d. Resistance to colonial rule: Egba Anti-Tax Agitation of 1918 and the Aba Women's Movement of 1929.

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Account for the anti-colonial movements and their significance.

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