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GEO-POLITICAL ZONES IN NIGERIA

Six Geo-Political zones make Nigeria

There are six geo-political zones in Nigeria of which all the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory are situated. They are;

South West, South East, South South, North Central, North West and North East.

1)      South West: Ekiti, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo and Lagos States.

2)      South East: Anambra, Imo, Abia, Enugu and Ebonyi States.

3)      South South: Delta, Edo, Bayelsa, Rivers, Cross River and Akwa Ibom States.

4)      North Central: Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Benue, Kogi, Plateau States and the Federal Capital Territory.

5)      North West: Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna, Kano and Jigawa States.

6)      North East: Yobe, Borno, Adamawa, Gombe, Bauchi and Taraba States.

NIGERIA ORIGIN AS A STATE RULED BY COLONIAL MASTERS.

Nigeria as a state was ruled by colonial masters between 1914 (year of amalgamation) and 1960 (year of independence). The British were the colonial masters and governed the Northern and Southern Protectorates. In 1914, Sir Fredrick Lugard amalgamated the two Protectorates to form a country now known as Nigeria. Below are the British Governor Generals from 1914 to 1960.

Sir Frederick Lugard       1914-1919

Sir Hugh Clifford             1919-1925

Sir Creamer Thomson      1925-1931

Sir Donald Cameron        1931-1935

Sir Bernard Bodillon       1935-1943

Sir Arthur Richards         1943-1948

Sir John Macpherson       1948-1955

Sir James Robertson        1955-1960

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