Nigeria’s 1914 amalgamation created a lopsided union – YGC

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By Dapo Akinrefon

A group, the Yoruba Global Council, YGC, Sunday, faulted the 1914 amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates of Nigeria noting that created a lopsided union.

In a statement by its spokesman, Chair of the Department of Political Studies and International Relations, North West University in South Africa, Professor Lere Amusan, the YGC said it was committed to the rebirth of a new Nigeria where there “is equity, fairplay and ample respect for human dignity and self-worth.”

The YGC said it was coming as a child of…