The People’s Republic

THIS BOOK is in three Parts. The first Part deals with British Rule in
Nigeria, whilst the third sets out a blueprint for a stable administra-
tion in an independent Nigeria. Part I is an indispensable back-
ground to Part III: the one depicting the ‘base degree’ from which
the ascent in the other is to be scaled. Part II is an exposition of
political, economic, and social principles which are of universal
application and validity. It is interposed between Parts I and III in
order that the raison d’étre and the rationale for a clean break with
the British administrative heritage detailed in Part I, and the impera-
tive need for the acceptance of the blueprint in Part III, may be
clearly understood and appraised.