This is the working Nigerian constitution:

This is the working Nigerian constitution:

This is the working Nigerian constitution:

(Ahmadu bello Constitution 1953.

Journalist: 🗣️”One thing I’ve noticed, Premier, since I’ve been here, is that Northerners seem to have an obsession (Hate) about the Igbos. Could you perhaps explain that to me?”

Ahmed Bello: 🗣️ “Well, the Igbos are more or less the type of people whose desire is mainly to dominate everybody.”

“If they go to a village, to a town, they want to monopolize everything in that area. If you put them in a labour camp as a labourer, within a year they will try to emerge as head man of that camp and so on.”

“Well, in the past our people were not alive to their responsibilities. Because you can see from our Northernization policy that in 1952, when I came here, there weren’t 10 northerners in our civil service year. And I tried to have it Northernized and now all important posts are being held by Northerners.”

Journalist: 🗣️ “Is this policy of fitting all key posts in the north solely with Northerners and not with other Nigerians a temporary or permanent one?”

Ahmed Bello: 🗣️ “In actual fact, what it is, is a northerner first.”

“If you can’t get a northerner, then we take an expatriate like yourself on contract. If we can’t get a Northerner, then we can employ another Nigerian, but on contract too.”

“This is going to be a permanent, I should say for as far as I can foresee, because it will be rather dangerous to see the number of boys we are now turning from over all our learning institutions coming out without having no work to do.”

“I’m sure which ever government of the day it might be, it will rather feel embarrassed and it might even lead to bloodshed.”

Journalist:🗣️ “Doesn’t this damage the ideas of all people in all regions in Nigeria being fair citizens to one country?”

Ahmed Bello:🗣️ “Well, it might, but I mean new to our region, but how many northerners are employed in the east or in the West? The answer is no, And if there are, there may be 10 laborers employed only in the two regions.”