Nigerian
people themselves are historically different in
their backgrounds, in their religious beliefs and
customs and do not show themselves any signs
of willingness to unite … Nigerian unity is only a
British invention” – Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa
Balewa who was reported by the TIME
MAGAZINE of October 10, 1960 to have said
there was no basis for Nigerian unity and it was
only a wish of the British.
Photo: Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa on TIME
cover
The word NORTH (AREWA), in Nigeria, is the
most echoed in the polity. It must have be
echoed a zillion times since January 1914 when
allocation of political and economic resources in
this vast land with vast opportunities and
natural endowments, began.
“The British needed the Railway from the
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