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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Traditional authorities in Eastern Nigeria |
Author: | Mair, L.P. |
Year: | 1957 |
Periodical: | West Africa |
Pages: | 1065-1066 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subject: | traditional rulers |
Abstract: | The author discusses the report of the Jones Commission, appointed in 1956 'to inquire into the position, status and influence of chiefs and natural rulers in the Eastern Region (of Nigeria), and to make recommendations as to the necessity or otherwise of legislation regulating their appointment, recognition and deposition'. |