Independent Day Celebration: Nigeria At 60 – Is Nigeria still the giant of Africa or they lost it?

Roughly sixty years ago, Nigeria broke free from its colonial rule to become an independent nation, which entails absolute freedom and sole-control of the nation’s affairs.

On 1st October 1960, Nigeria finally gained independence from its British colonial masters after years of struggles for a breakthrough.

The motion began when late Chief Anthony Enahoro requested an independent nation to the Parliament in 1953, which was rejected by the Parliament members’ walkout.
S. L. Akintola revisited the motion years later in 1957; although it passed the Parliament, the British authorities rejected the motion.
In August 1959, Remi Fani-Kayode revived the motion, asking for independence to be granted on 2nd April 1960, but was rejected as usual.

The pressure was getting much and gaining international attention.
In 1959, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa brought up the motion to the Parliament, which passed. As a result of the continual agitations and uprisings, the governor-general, James Wilson Robertson, announced the Queen’s decision to grant Nigeria her independence finally.

Early hours of 1st October 1960, through a representative to Queen Elizabeth II, Nigeria’s constitution was handed over to Tafawa Balewa as the new prime minister. Nnamdi Azikiwe as the first president of Nigeria in 1963 after declaring itself as a Federal republican nation.

Tribalism in the government sector was transparent with the established political parties that were controlled by the three ethnic groups; the Nigerian People’s Congress (NPC) – consists of the...
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Nigeria is gradually becoming big for nothing, we are becoming popular only for corruption.

Nigerian Army is like a Rag tag group when compared to Egyptian Army that has it's own satellite or South African army

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