The 1st day of October is the independence anniversary for NIGERIA! Every year, October 1st is declared a public holiday. Workers stay at home and just relax with friends and family.
The Nigerian history is incompleted without the story of her independence from its colonial masters.
Let me go into a little history by informing those who do not know that the first black speaker of the House of Representative was Jaja Wachuku. Jaja Wachuku replaced Sir Frederick Metcalfe. It was during his tenor as Speaker, on the 1st day of October 1960, that Wachuku received the Freedom Charter, Nigeria's Instrument of Independence from the Queen of the United Kingdom. The Queen was represented by Princess Alexandra of Kent at the independence ceremony.
The At 48, I'd say Nigeria is still a "young" growing Nation!
Happy INDEPENDENCE anniversary Nigeria!
Long live Nigeria! Long live Africa!
