masseratti:
that was culled from britannica web page they are the authors of britannica encyclopedia, i know you know that right? They are much more an authority on general news than any newspaper in the world, not only that you can as well get the info from Nigerian archives Ibadan, and Balewa was not made a PM he was elected to be a PM in the parliament by a coalition of Ahmadu Bello party NPC and Azikwe'part NCNC in 1957,there are other sources on the internet I don't have time for that now, but you can Google it, I was just trying to point out the op's error although I understood what he was trying to say, meaning the not has had the bigger share in directing the affairs of the country than the south.

seguno2:


Is America running a parliamentary system also, or what is the comparison about?
Do British parties get more parliamentary seats even though they are 3rd in votes?
Why did NPC get more seats despite having lower votes and population in 1959

IGBOSON1:
So how come Zik and Balewa, that served at the same time, are listed together? Or is this just an attempt to add more Igbo names to the list?

Decryptor:


You see! It is not today that marginalization against Igbos started!

At least, when next someone asks why Aguiyi Ironsi carried out that coup, I now have a valid answer!

aribisala0:
I do not want to argue
For me that is not a credible source just like Wikipedia

How can they be more credible than a newspaper? Maybe you did not understand the question

I am saying can you find any CONTEMPORANEOUS newspaper article between 1957 and 1960. Contemporaneity is the issue

anyway that is another matter

The fact of the matter is Executive Power resided with the Governor General SIR ROBERTSON until independence and whatever title Balewa had in 1957 HE WAS NOT Head of state

ArewaNorth:
This is unnecessary ranting out of ignorance. Where is it written in constitution that GEJ had the mandate to finish his constitutional 2 terms?

Democracy isn't for primitive people like u who think power should be given to them on the basis of threats, blackmail, intimidation and agitations. Power is given to those who seek for it in the best manner.
Where is the southern unity when you are publicly challenging the candidacy of Tinubu?
This will be a very good chance for North to remain in power come 2023.

HISTORY OF NIGERIA'S LEADERSHIP DISTRIBUTION BASED ON ETHNO-RELIGIOUS AND REGIONAL BACKGROUND
Below is the data that calculated the years Nigerians are ruled under religious, ethnic and geographical location considerations. 60 years since independence, Nigeria was ruled by:
11years Obasanjo- Yoruba
9 years Yakubu Gowon-Angas
8 years IBB-Nupe
6 years GEJ-Ijawa
6yrs Nnamdi Azikwe-Igbo
5 years Abacha-Kanuri
7 years Buhari (+2yrs military regime)- Fulani
3 years Shagari-Fulani
2yrs Yaradua-Tuareg
6 months Agunyi-Ironsi-Igbo
2years Murtala, Shonekan & Abdussalam-Fulani, Yoruba & Hausa.
If calculated along religious line, it can be seen that Nigeria was ruled under Christians Presidents for atleast 32years while Muslims Presidents ruled for 28 years.
When calculated along geographical location, it can be seen that South ruled for almost 24yrs while North rule for almost 36yrs.
Yoruba ruled for approximately 12years, Fulani ruled for less than 11yrs, Angas ruled for 9yrs, Igbos ruled for 6yrs, Ijaw had 6yrs, Kanuri had 5yrs, Nupe had 8yrs, Tuareg had 2yrs while Hausa had 1year only.
North-Western presided Nigeria for about 17yrs, South-West presided for about 12yrs, North-Central enjoyed approximately 18yrs, South-South presided for 6yrs, South-East had 6yrs while North-East are still struggling to get to the apex position and still not agitating for it.

Deadlytruth:

The Igbo marginalization here was done against them by no people other than themselves as Azikiwe, with the solid backing of his kinsmen, voluntarily decided to reject the all-South alliance proposal which would have made him prime minister. He would rather, for reasons best known to him and his kismen, give it away to Northerners who even worked against independence. When someone deliberately burns himself with fire with his two eyes open, you don't term it a fire accident. So Zik's giving away of Igbos'chance to be first executive ruler of Nigeria was not marginalization in any way but political suicide.

masseratti:
the executive power did not reside with the governor General as at 1957,it resides with the prime Minister, same it is with Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa at a point, Jamaica, Ghana and until recently Barbados, the Governor General is a representative of the Crown in UK in her dominions prior to that its the UK's foreign secretary that makes policies and governs on behalf of the Crown, as at 1957 after the war in 1945 the onus of governance was vest in most of the common wealth nations under the British empire, our independence was achieved in 1960 Nnamdi Azikwe became the Governor General in 1960 not the president, he became the ceremonial president in 1963. Check your history well bro.

aribisala0:
The executive power lay with the Colonial authority until independece.That is the essence of being a colony
We are going round in circles

Al that talk about Azikiwe is irrelevant to what we are talking about

You claimed Balewa was prime Minister in 1952 then 1957 you claimed this was by coalition government .Where is the evidence? None

Not a single newspaper headline from the time
Now you are talking about Azikiwe
What has Azikiwe got to do with the facts we are disputing?

Nigeria was a Colony until independence and the Colonial master wielded Executive authority. The Head of state was the queen and the representative of that power was the Governor General who also controlled the Army

masseratti:
the only thing you wrote, the last part is where you are correct, now let me ask you a simple question, does Canada has a president? Or Australia? Or New Zealand?

The answer is no.. Let me break it down to you in a layman's term, the system of government they practice now is what we were practicing in 1957,now I ask is the executive power of government in UK or in Canada for Canadian government now? The answer is perfect no, therefore we can conclude that the executive power of governance was in the hands of Nigerians with Tafawa Balewa as the head in 1957,please do not confuse executive power of administration with that of military power, in some instances depending on the constitution it belongs to the president or head of state, in some others it belongs to the Prime Minister.. My point clear and simple is that the executive powers was already in Nigerian hands except for defences and foreign affairs, we became independent in 1960 no more a protectorate, in 1963 we became a Republic.

Decryptor:


You see! It is not today that marginalization against Igbos started!

At least, when next someone asks why Aguiyi Ironsi carried out that coup, I now have a valid answer!

Walkee:
what point are you even trying to make? When Balewa was Prime Minister, was the president not from South East?
Who be this one sef?

aribisala0:
Those who conduct a coup take over. Nothing like most senior. That is nonsense. Those who conduct the coup generally retire their seniors
No one risks his life to do a coup and hands over to any so called senior. The penalty is death if caught
It was an Ibo coup

LaRosa01:
ladies and gentlemen, this list must have been made by our brothers from the south east and as usual it is fake with propaganda ,I have not verified the figures yet but from a first glance, data number one and two are wrong, first of all the President and head of state between 1960-1966 was Nnamdi Azikiwe ,balewa was the prime minister, so he shouldn't have been on the list, so you see the fellow reduced the time line of the south east to suit his political agenda by fact the region which has tasted power less in this country is the north east and the south south, hence GEJ from the south south must come back to finish

Ezeama400:


You never know what was on his mind...When the country was in turmoil and every civilian official those days was looking for easiest route to run out of the country due to fear ..

Ironsi took a drastic steps and did what he should do as a military head by arresting the coup plotters.. The process of the prosecution was ongoing, northerners started accusing him of treating coup plotters with soft hand saying all sorts of mannerless things.. Before you knew it they had already ganged up against him and executed someone that hasn't stayed six months in power.. ( Funny that those that Killed him are not having a good time,Danjuma and co to be precise)

Even today it takes a lot of ages to sentence someone that committed a big offence ...

Ezeama400:


So Azikiwe was a super human for his only opinion to override three people's opinion ( Awolowo, Azikiwe and others) ?

What happened to subjecting such opinion to vote ?

Mind you, some Igbos today still believe in Nigeria but when you put such opinions to vote, majority will obviously carry the vote..

Walkee:
what point are you even trying to make? When Balewa was Prime Minister, was the president not from South East?
Who be this one sef?

oluwaahmed:


You are too dull. God forbid! Did you go to primary school? Did they not teach you in social studies that Tarawa balewa was the Prime minister/Head of Govt/commander in chief? While Nnamdu Azikiwe as president was the ceremonial head? Do you know that today France has a president even though the constitutional power is with the prime minister-Emmanuel Macron. Una too dull to dey challenge anything Igbo abeg. And check wel you go be tinubu supporter.

oluwaahmed:


You are too dull. God forbid! Did you go to primary school? Did they not teach you in social studies that Tarawa balewa was the Prime minister/Head of Govt/commander in chief? While Nnamdu Azikiwe as president was the ceremonial head? Do you know that today France has a president even though the constitutional power is with the prime minister-Emmanuel Macron. Una too dull to dey challenge anything Igbo abeg. And check wel you go be tinubu supporter.

DeepSight:


1. The President who was occupying a ceremonial position?

Oya, lets even give that one to you, just to pamper your iidiocy:

2. Shagari nko?

oluwaahmed:


You are too dull. God forbid! Did you go to primary school? Did they not teach you in social studies that Tarawa balewa was the Prime minister/Head of Govt/commander in chief? While Nnamdu Azikiwe as president was the ceremonial head? Do you know that today France has a president even though the constitutional power is with the prime minister-Emmanuel Macron. Una too dull to dey challenge anything Igbo abeg. And check wel you go be tinubu supporter.

oluwaahmed:


Go school you no gree, oya stay class when you go school you say no. Tafabalewa was the prime minister about C-in-C armed forces because Nigeria was practising parliamentary system of govt. Nnamdi azikiwe role as president was ceremonial and weirded no constitutional power. Look at this illiterate, and his type will be shouting tinubu 2023.

Walkee:
you be mugu. The point here is that both executive heads of states can't come from the same region. One must come from south while the other come from North. That's the argument

Walkee:
Nobody marginalised anyone. Prior to 1999 anybody could take power. Power was taken not given, nobody told our generals not to be bold enough to risk their lives to seize power. Since we started choosing president through votes, how many years have Northerners ruled compared to the South?

DeepSight:


Really? That's the argument? How strange. I seem to recall you suggesting that before 1999 power was taken by force:



Perhaps 1960 - 1966 and 1979 to 1983 were periods after 1999. Ah, I see, indeed, that must be the case, pardon me. You know its not easy for us mugus.

Walkee:
do you have comprehension problem? Prior to 1999 I was clearly talking about military era. Didn't you see where I said " nobody told our generals not to be bold enough to risk their lives and take power"?
The guy I was lecturing said that North has always had either president or vice since 1999 so I told him it has always been that way for both North and South. Why are you people so dumb?
Those periods you mentioned up there when did the two heads of executive branch come from the same region?

DeepSight:


Ol boy you grossly misrepresented reality with what you wrote. But no worries, perhaps its just a misunderstanding.
Its no matter.

Walkee:
there's no misrepresentation of anything here. You jumped into an argument halfway without bothering to understand the context. The guy I quoted initially has gotten the memo. He believed the entire North was one ethnic group which was why he claimed they were getting undue advantage by always being in power either as president or vice. I only explained to him that president and vice cannot come from the same region, not even in the 80s. You just jumped into an argument you didn't even understand

DeepSight:


I hear you sa. But please sha note that -

- 1. There is nothing, and there has never been anything like "both executive heads of state" in Nigeria in any dispensation, contrary to what you wrote.
- 2. There was selection of leaders in this country by votes before 1999, contrary to what you wrote.

Thank you sa.