The Acceptance of the National Council of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC) in Ilesa, Southwestern Nigeria, 1946 — 1966: An Interpretative History
| dc.contributor.author | Alo, Lawrence | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-19T14:29:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-04-19T14:29:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Party politics in the First Republic was predicated on ethnic affiliation. There were very few areas in Nigeria where political party affiliation was not really based on ethnicity. Resa, a town in Southwestern Nigeria mainly followed the National Council of Nigerian Citizens. (NCNC) Some scholars worked on the politics of the First Republic but did not focus mainly on local politics in the interior of Yorubaland. Peel is the only one who did a sociological study on Ilesa and contributed immensely to the study of the Ijesa as a people among the Yoruba of western Nigeria. The aim of this work is therefore to examine the activities of the NCNC and the acceptance of the party among the Ijesa between 1946 and 1966. This study interrogates the hegemony of the party in Ilesa after its victory at election and its subsequent control of the local administration there. The little developmental improvement in Ilesa was done by this administration. This study reveals that the Ijesa people change their attitude when the government of the N. C. N. C. collapsed. The new management committee that was formed by the Action Group could not control the hitherto local assessment of tax and rates through which the bulk of the finances of the council came. This generated several disaffection among the Ijesa. The political crisis that followed changed the climate of political affiliations and association during this period. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.run.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/2332 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kaduna Journal of Humanities | en_US |
| dc.title | The Acceptance of the National Council of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC) in Ilesa, Southwestern Nigeria, 1946 — 1966: An Interpretative History | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |