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WAEC Government 1996 Question 32

Question 32

Colonial Administration

A major objection to the Indirect Rule system was

  1. A.economy in administration
  2. B.administration through illitrate heads
  3. C.the involvement of many Africans in administration
  4. D.the control of territories by the colonial secretary
  5. E.the refusal of the British to educate Africans.
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Answer: B (administration through illitrate heads)

Explanation

Educated Nigerians objected that indirect rule gave power to traditional rulers, many of them not literate in Western education, while educated elites were shut out.