On the 17th of March, 1941, Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon addressed the Legislative Council in Lagos, Nigeria as regards the progress of the Colony as well as estimates for the years 1942, 1941, and 1940 and an update on war efforts from Nigeria.

Sir Bernard Bourdillon also mentioned to the council that the departments of Marine and Ports were merged most importantly to cut costs as the war was having adverse negative effects in certain areas affecting Nigeria. Another department affected by the ongoing war at that point was the Railway Department, which was in fact incapable of meeting its very high capital charges and at in making full contributions to the Renewals Fund. Contributions to the war efforts from the North were heavy and traditional rulers always gave a percentage from their salary and taxation had been exceptionally prompt.

In this episode, we delve into the lengthy speech given by the Governor himself which we broke into two parts.

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