The superbly organized celebrations to mark the 100 years of amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorate to form Nigeria have just ended in a justified mild form. The Federal Government and the people of Nigeria should be congratulated for the success of the spectacular 'Remembrance' inspite of unstable security environment and the constant threats to the stability of the Naira from the greedy importers with insatiable demand for foreign goods.
It is also to the credit of the Federal Government that certain names came out for honouring, including that of Lugard who performed the real amalgamation in 1914 and his fiancée, Miss Shaw, who coined the beautiful name - NIGERIA. The Queen of England also deserved great honour as a representative of a small nation that had managed a great country of many nations successfully for more than a century.
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