Mallam Umaru Altine: First Mayor of Enugu Municipal Council, 1952-1958, By Femi Kehinde - Premium Times Opinion

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Opinion: Mallam Umaru Altine: First Mayor of Enugu Municipal Council, 1952-1958, By Femi Kehinde

Our problems did not start yesterday but about 1894. Lord Lugard came here as Major Lugard and he was not originally employed by the British government, but by charter companies. He was first with the East Indian Company, then with the Royal East Company, and thereafter the Royal Niger Company. It was from the latter Company that he transferred his services to the British government.

In 1898, Lord Lugard formed the West African Frontier force, initially with 2000 soldiers. He then became an imperialist. Mary Shaw, a journalist, was Lugard mistress, and she actually suggested to him, in the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates, the name, Nigeria. In the furtherance of British economic interest, the colonial administration started railway services from Iddo, Lagos in 1896 and the line got to Ibadan in March 1901, when the Dugbe Train Station was opened. And from there, the rail line went North, exiting at Nguru, in what was known as the Lagos to Nguru line.

 

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Mallam umaru, mayor of enugu wonder shall never end so Biafra land now having Fulani mayor , it shall never be well with our so called leaders

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