Ava And Hannah Nigeria Project by richard Jo

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Ava And Hannah Nigeria Project

Published on Nov 28, 2015

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By Ava Shparago and Hannah Richards

In 1937, Great Britain allowed Nigeria a constitution that gave a little more freedom to their people in national relations, but out left out the educated westerners.
The educated people would not stand for the constitution and created a new one in 19513
The constitution didn't work anymore, so the three political groups came up with a new one.
This new constitution divided Nigeria into three sections, western, eastern and northern.
The eastern and western regions became free of colonization in 1956, soon followed by the northern region in 1959.p

. The Nigerians knew that they would be independent by 1960 and had an election in 1959, but no one won.
Two of their big political groups combined and created a government.
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was their prime minister in 1960 and Nnamdi Azikiwe was government general, later to become president

Nnamdi Azikiwe was leader of the NCNC or National Convention of Nigerian Citizens and later became the first president of Nigeria.
Herbert Macauley started the first political party in Nigeria in 1923 called Nigerian National Democratic Party. People called him “father of modern Nigerian nationalism.”
Later, in 1944, these guys merged together and created NCNC.
The second group was called the Action Group, led by Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
The third group was led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, called the Northern People’s Congress.

Up until now, there have been many different corrupted leaders in Nigeria and lots of new constitutions.
There is an islamic terrorist group in Nigeria called Boko Haram.
They have made the economy much worse that it already was.
Boko Haram has killed over 4,700 people in Nigeria starting in 2009.
They have so much power over the people, citizens don’t even dare saying the name out loud.

Two-thirds of the population live in poverty, even though they are the fifth biggest supplier of oil.
Kano used to be a great city and is now a huge failure of Nigeria. Everything is deserted and Joint Task Force units (paramilitary teams) patrol the streets. They are brutal and feared by residents.
Nigeria has the most poverty and corruption in it. 50-60% of Nigerians live under the poverty line.
3 to 5 million people in Nigeria are suffering from HIV/AIDS