1960Landmark
Balewa government begins the First Republic parliamentary order
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa served as prime minister under a parliamentary system, with Nnamdi Azikiwe as governor-general and later president.
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1960
Balewa government begins the First Republic parliamentary order
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa served as prime minister under a parliamentary system, with Nnamdi Azikiwe as governor-general and later president.
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Abubakar Tafawa Balewa served as prime minister under a parliamentary system, with Nnamdi Azikiwe as governor-general and later president. The arrangement joined Westminster institutions to a regionally charged federation.
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