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question 6
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(a) Mention any three British consuls who served in Nigeria.
(b) Highlight four consequences of company Rule on Nigeria.
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Very unpopular among the candidates and the performance was also very poor. The British consuls were: John Beecroft, Burton, Hopkins, Hewett, Johnson, etc.
In the part (b), the candidates were expected to highlight the following points:
- it laid the foundation for the British acquisition of Nigeria;
- its activities led to loss of sovereignty of some Nigerian Nation states eg Benin;
- it carried it out effectively the administrative function granted it by the charter that established it;
- its operation of trade monopoly considerably ruined the economic life of Nigerians;
- it laid the foundation of the modern police force by setting up the Niger Constabulary, etc.
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