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Sir Bernard Bourdillon was aligned with the reforming trend in colonial policy, and rapidly gained the respect and friendship of the educated elite of Nigeria. On 1 February 1938, he met with the Nigerian Youth Movement to hear their complaints about the way in which the European Cocoa Pool agreement was limiting competition.
The office was created on 1 October 1954, when the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was created as an autonomous federation within the British Empire. After independence in 1960, the governor-general became the representative of the Nigerian monarch, and the office continued to exist till 1963, when Nigeria abolished its monarchy, and became ...
Bernard Bourdillon the Governor-general at that time initiated and laid the foundation of federalism in Nigeria in 1939 by creating three provinces. He later handed over the constitution to his successor Arthur Richards and it became the Richards Constitution of 1946.
Bernard Akana (2 Dec 1938–20 Mar 1939) Louis Suares (20 Mar 1939–10 Mar 1940) Melvin Paoa (10 Mar 1940–24 Jul 1940) Karl Jensen (24 Jul 1940–25 Mar 1941) Ernest W. Rankin (25 Mar 1941–28 Jul 1941) Walter Burke (28 Jul 1941–31 Jan 1942) Island Commanders (Occupied by U.S. military forces, Baker Naval Air Station) (1 Sep 1943 – May ...
Governor Bernard Bourdillon appointed 15 unofficial members to the Legislative Council, of which seven were Europeans and eight Africans (an increase from seven Africans in the 1933 elections). The seven Europeans represented commercial interests, with three representing the banking, mining and shipping sectors, and four representing commercial ...
In 1943, he began to serve on the Executive Council of Governor Sir Bernard H. Bourdillon; prior to this, no African had participated directly in policy formulation at the central executive level in Nigeria. He also served on the Legislative Council, representing the Rivers division, prior to his appointment to the Executive Council.
He moved to Southern Nigeria in 1908 and was central secretary under Sir Frederick Lugard. [2] He became influenced by Lugard's ideas of indirect rule. [3] In April 1925, Cameron became the second governor of the British mandate of Tanganyika, taking over from John Scott, who was acting governor for Sir Horace Byatt. [4]
Bernard Henry Bourdillon (1883–1948) Acting: 11 February 1931 11 April 1931 59 days George V: 26 Graeme Thomson (1875–1933) 11 April 1931 20 September 1933 2 years, 162 days George V: Graeme Tyrrell (1876–1964) Acting: 20 September 1933 23 December 1933 94 days George V: 27 Reginald Edward Stubbs (1876–1947) 23 December 1933 30 June 1937