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A Western Niger province or constitutional safeguards: The search for an effective remedy to the fears of the Igbo west of the Niger, 1941–54

One of the problems of nation building in Nigeria is the role and respect to be accorded to the different ethnic groups to make them function as integral parts of a natural society. The main issues revolve around the fear of ethnic domination. This article argues against the popular view which attributes the genesis of minority problems in Nigeria to the adoption of the Federal system of government and the subsequent regionalization of the sources of power. It illuminates the forces that generated the minority consciousness of the Western Igbo and discusses the changing demands between 1941 an…