Nigeria – Evolution, Philosophy and Ethics of Public Administration, the Civil Service, and Reforms. TRADITIONAL POLITICAL ADMINISTRATION Many of you would have learnt in literatures that the country called Nigeria never existed before colonial contact. The various peoples and ethnic groups that made up Nigeria today were politically independent of each other. Ethno-political groups such as the Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa-Fulani, Junkun, Tiv, Nupe, Kalabari, Ibibio, Urobo and others were living independently of each other groups in terms of political organization and administration. For instance, the Yoruba traditional political administration centered around the town (“ilu”) with the “Oba” (king) at the helm of administrative affairs. He had a council of chiefs made up of quarter chiefs. The council of chiefs made decisions that were presented to the “Oba” f...
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