Nigeria: Mid West State Movement
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- Mid-West Plebiscite Committee, Nigeria
- Mid-West State Movement, Nigeria
TitleNigeria: Mid West State Movement
Reference codeICS93
Datec1956-1963
Scope and ContentCopies of papers on the case for a Mid-West State in Nigeria, 1956-1963; comprising papers produced by the Mid-West Plebiscite Committee, and the Mid-West State Movement, on the campaign for a separate state, with report of a tour of the Benin and Delta Provinces.
NotesThe demand for a separate State or Region by the peoples of the Benin and Delta Provinces of Western Nigeria, the Edo, Urhobo, Isioko, Itsekiri, Western Ibo, Ishan and Afenmai dates back to 1938. After World War Two the demand began to gain momentum. The matter was discussed at the 1957 Conference on the Nigerian Constitution, and the British Colonial Secretary, Alan Lennox Boyd [later Lord Boyd of Merton] appointed a Commission of Inquiry, under Sir Henry Willink to ascertain the facts about the fears of minorities in Nigeria and to propose means of allaying those fears, and to make recommendations on the creation of new states.
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System of ArrangementChronological
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