Give the reasons why indirect rule was unsuccessful in Southern Nigeria.
Answer:
-Southern Nigeria had many ethnic groups unlike the north/lack of a common language.
-Southern Nigeria lacked a
centralized traditional system of government.
-The southerners opposed the taxation system similar to that used in the north, leading to violence.
-Appointment of traditional chiefs who were young and mission educated offended the elders in the south.
-Traditional leaders were given more powers than they had under traditional law. e.g the
Yoruba Obas.
-Southern Nigeria lacked a
centralized traditional system of government.
-The southerners opposed the taxation system similar to that used in the north, leading to violence.
-Appointment of traditional chiefs who were young and mission educated offended the elders in the south.
-Traditional leaders were given more powers than they had under traditional law. e.g the
Yoruba Obas.
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