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Working at the Wesley Guild Hospital in Ilesha, Nigeria, Dr. Samuel L. Katz, associate in Pediatrics, and his staff will initially vaccinate 20 native children to determine if any adverse reactions result. If this trial is successful, the program will eventually reach 4000 Nigerian children...
...morning in more formal and ceremonies, Princess read the Queen's message Nigeria's independence and country's entry into the , the Prime Minister expressed in receiving the Instruments which are the of Nigeria's Independence," James Robertson was sworn in Nigerian Chief Justice as the Governor-General of the Nigerian Federation. In a and a half he will be succeeded man who remains the still idol of the masses as the of Nigerian nationalism, Dr. Azikiwe. When the latter or his name is mentioned the breaks out into a chant of Z-e-e-e-k." It remains...
Another manpower problem which is sure to be troublesome in the years immediately ahead concerns the upper ranges of government service. It is only in the last half dozen years or so that Nigerians have been moving in substantial numbers into the civil service. In many respects it is an impressive body of men which has been gathered together to carry on the work of Nigeria's governments, but serious shortcomings exist both in particular lines of expertise and in the quantity of mature and seasoned men at the top or close to it. The Eastern and Western Regional governments...
...general, and presumably a well-based, opinion that the Nigerian Federation is now sufficiently solidly established to make its own disintegration improbable--a matter which was far from being assured a few years back. It is reasonable to think that all stand to gain from unity and that the advantages to be gained from separation are minimal. Yet tribalism in one guise remains an immensely potent element. Every one denounces it, but it has a vitality which reaches well back into the African past. Most modern forces no doubt work to diminish rather than to enhance tribalism, but the major...
...Federal government to take a firm and active lead. The field in which it can most promptly dramatize its role is foreign affairs; and the Prime Minister is setting off for the United Nations--and the United States--within three or four days of receiving on behalf of the Nigerian people Britain's residual colonial sovereignty...