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WAEC Government 1997 Question 40

Question 40

Nationalism

One of the effects of the agitations by the National Congress of British West Africa in the 1920s was the

  1. A.establishment of Town Councils in the Protectorate
  2. B.abolition of racial discrimination in the Civil Service
  3. C.deposition of traditional rulers by Africans
  4. D.election of Africans into the Legislative Councils
  5. E.permission of African lawyers to practise in court.
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Answer: D (election of Africans into the Legislative Councils)

Explanation

The NCBWA's demands helped bring the elective principle to West Africa: elected African members entered the legislative councils of Nigeria (1922), Sierra Leone (1924) and the Gold Coast (1925).