Contest!!! Events in Our History by @christnenye

Greetings everyone, welcome back to my blog. Like every other time, I want to make an entry to the contest topic"Event in our history" organized by @cryptoloover

MY COUNTRY'S BACKGROUND

My country Nigeria is known as the "Giant of Africa". It's the most populated black country with estimated population of 204 million people and the seventh most populous country in the world. Nigeria is located at the west coast of Africa, it contains more historic cultures and empires than any other African country. It has so much to learn about its people and its cultural richness. Nigeria is notable with 11 historical facts but I will write on the most popular historical event in the highlighted questions.

Tell us about the most popular and memorable event occurred in your country's history?

Pixabaythe independence gave my country freedom

Gaining independence from colonial rule in October 1st 1960 is the most popular and memorable event that has occurred in my country Nigeria.

This memoriable event of independence gave my country control over its economic, political and cultural fortune. It also made all the states in the country to be occupied by its cizitens Nigerians and the economy invigorated to beget equality of right in the society.

Before this memorable event, my country Nigeria was ruled by colonial master which fostered underdevelopment and the country adopting policies channeled to the master's interest that resulted to harnessing that country's domestic growth, speeding up environmental destruction.

With the independence, the prospects appeared promising and expectations for the future heightened, having been the most populous country in Africa with buoyancy in having commercial quantities of petroleum in the Niger delta region discovered in 1958, this gave the country a source of revenue, source of energy for industries, creates job for its cizitens and lastly it lowered energy costs and promoted energy security.

Is there any involvement of that event in the creation of your country? Tell us about it?

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No, there is no involvement of the independence in the creation of my country Nigeria. My country Nigeria has been in existence with the name The Royal Niger Company Territories before it gained its independence, later the name Nigeria was given by a british woman named flora shaw who was fighting slavery, the name covered the described region held by the royal Niger Company territory and the southern protectorate.

When a british man Fredrick lord lugard conquered the northern protectorate, he almagamated the two parts making it one Nigeria. Until the independence the british colonized my country for it's economic reasons like raw material, search for new markets, search for cheap labour, quest for power among european countries, propagation of culture and propagation of religious belief.

When Nigeria gained independence they had their freedom and control over their revenue. They became a nation without interference and it had been 62 years plus since they stayed on their own.

What is the main lesson that can be obtained from that event?

The main lesson obtained from the historical event of independence is FREEDOM. With the independence the country had national identity, economic development, improved education, social progress and political autocracy.

Overall, this is the end of my entry. The historical event notable in my country is independence though there are 10 other prominent events associated to my country.
I am inviting @akareen, @jueco and @dorothy213 to participate in the contest

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