JAMB Government 2013 Objective — Question 25
Question 25 of 40 from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Government 2013 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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The indirect rule system of administration was more successful in northern Nigeria because
- A. the people were mainly interested in being governed indirectly
- B. of the existence of an organized structure in the areaCorrect
- C. Europeans ensured that the farmlands of the natives were not confiscated
- D. the natives showed little or no resistance
Explanation
Indirect rule succeeded more in Northern Nigeria because the region already had a well-organized, centralized traditional political structure (the emirate system) which the British could easily use as a framework for indirect administration.
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