Outcome of the Ibadan Constitutional Conference of 1950

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On January 9, 1950, delegates from the Northern, Eastern and Western regions of Nigeria met in Ibadan to discuss issues relating to the new constitution that Sir Macpherson was preparing (the Macpherson Constitution of 1951). The conference was held as part of Sir Macpherson’s efforts to have his own acceptable constitution, as opposed to the previous ones (the Clifford Constitution of 1922 and the Richards Constitution of 1946) which Nigerians believed had been imposed on them. The conference was chaired by Sir Gerald Howe, the then Attorney-General. At the 1950 Ibadan Conference, several issues relating to the political administration of Nigeria, the system of…

Origin and Influence of the West African Student Union( WASU) on the Diaspora Students in 1925.

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The West African Students’ Union (WASU) was founded in London on August 7, 1925 by a group of twenty-one law students led by Ladipo Solanke and Herbert Bankole Bright. WASU was a West African student association based in London whose aim was to promote policy research and unite West Africans abroad. The WASU’s main goals were to fight for the independence of West African countries and to end the racial discrimination that was at its peak at that time. The West African Students’ Union grew out of the activities of earlier student organizations such as…