Before the 1880s, Europe had gone ahead of the rest of the world I'm science and technology,so, Europe of 19th century became the workshop of the world with growing desire for raw- materials for their industries, Britain, Belgium,France, Germany, Italy etc were all involved in this race.
So, the competitive search markets and sources of raw sources of raw material that was growing I'm Europe only affected European attitude to Africa. By the late 19th century,the concern about sourcing raw materials and markets had become a serious issue in most European countries.
The scramble for Africa, by these European countries led to the petition of Africa after the Berlin conference of 1884/85. Britain colonised, Nigeria, Ghana,the Gambia and Sierra- Leone in West Africa.
So,as from 1898, the British government sought to establish and maintain a colonial state in Nigeria. To achieve this ,a number of measures were to be taken, for example,removal of all colonial rule, expansion and consolidation of British authority over the territory later know as Nigeria, similarly, to gradually the three different administrative units
1.LAGOS COLONY
2. SOUTHERN PROTECTORATE
3. NORTHERN PROTECTORATE.
Topic: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA (Read 71 times)
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