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As a British colony at the time, the constitution was adopted by an Order in Council, issued by King George, with the advice of His Privy Council. This document is also commonly referred to as the "Clifford Constitution," named after Sir Hugh Clifford, the first Governor of Nigeria.
Clifford intended to follow his father, Sir Henry Hugh Clifford, a distinguished British Army general, into the military, but later decided to join the civil service in the Straits Settlements, with the assistance of his relative Sir Frederick Weld, the then Governor of the Straits Settlements and also the British High Commissioner in Malaya.
Sir Hugh Clifford (1866–1941) 8 August 1919: 13 November 1925: George V Sir Graeme Thomson (1877–1933) 13 November 1925: 17 June 1931: George V Sir Donald Cameron
Sculptural representation of Africa at the Colonial Office building on Whitehall street; created by Henry Hugh Armstead. Lugard's immediate successor (1919–1925), Sir Hugh Clifford, was an aristocratic professional administrator with liberal instincts who had won recognition for his enlightened governorship of the Gold Coast in 1912–1919 ...
Hugh Clifford may refer to: Hugh Clifford (colonial administrator) (1866–1941), British colonial administrator Hugh Clifford, 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1663–1730), English aristocrat
In 1922 a new constitution (known as the Clifford Constitution after Governor Hugh Clifford) was promulgated, which introduced four elected seats to the Legislative Council, three for Lagos and one for Calabar.
The constitution of Nigeria is the written supreme law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Nigeria has had many constitutions. Its current form was enacted on 29 May 1999 and kickstarted the Fourth Nigerian Republic .
Nigeria numbered by its states. The history of voting rights in Nigeria mirrors the complexity of the nation itself. [1]Beginning within the country's colonial period, elections in Nigeria began in 1923 by the direction of British colonial administrator Hugh Clifford through a legislative act known as the Clifford Constitution. [2]