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even the flyers dropped from the sky were intended to impress the electorate with the divine qualities of the candidate. How effective would voting be? I would tell the story. Party leaders tour the country holding rallies everywhere. The campaign tours cover tens of thousands of miles and many more words on African dirt and asphalt roads through the rainforest and highland savanna, hitting every town and village along the way, the message was conveyed by talking about drums, word of mouth, hospitals, adult education classes, schools, bridges and roads, all built and made for you. self-benefit and in the country 80 illiterate people cannot trust the printed word every voter has the opportunity to see their candidates and every local politician receives the blessing of the party boss the rhetoric is bitter abusive violent from Andrew Jackson or hell Truman but since most political speeches are more barked than by industry, if you select if you are elected a new electoral group, you are choosing the students and the agent of the remains of Britain from among all the oratory, 36 million Nigerians that the party's candidates debate, issues like this The elections and their campaign are proving to be the most powerful educational force since the introduction of the first primary school not many years ago.

The alignment of forces in this political book is complex and with names that do not always fit on the campaign buttons. you cannot tell the players without a scorecard these are the wheels of the party in the north alhaji saramadu bello the sardone of sokoto heads the popular congress of the north the sardana means warlord a traditional title among the Hausa Fulani Muslims of the North is considered the most powerful man in all of Nigeria by virtue of his spiritual and political leadership in the largest region in area and population. He is not a candidate for political office, but he is a formidable power behind the throne.

A combination. Mark Hannah Jim Farley when I spoke to the sardone this became evident I would like to ask you to make a prediction sir who will be the next federal prime minister my party with our common man yes the prime minister I am going to return him the president of the prime minister yes I did It is known that I am going to return it. You are not a candidate for the Federal Chamber. No, I'm not. Then you wouldn't be federal prime minister because I don't want to be. Would you yourself accept the appointment if it were given to you as governor?

In general, I have nothing to do with that, I prefer to live here among my own people and carry my traditional title than an imported one. Sardone's chosen candidate for prime minister is Alhaji Abubakar Balewa, a modest and soft-spoken former schoolteacher, one from Nigeria. Very able statesmen, I am glad to see that in recent years Americans are taking a lot of interest in Nigeria, leader of the action group, the main party of the Yoruba people in the western region, popularly known as our minimum, action. group on the 12th and put that party in power, it will surely get that weight.

Abu is hailed by his followers for his daring helicopter campaign through northern enemy territory, the basis of the bitter hostility between the Iowa Action Group and the Northern Sardana Party are long-standing tribal conflicts. Tribal wars were fought between its peoples for centuries until they were put down by the British when they took over. Times change, but tribal sentiments are still seen under new political traffic. He expresses it this way. The Northern People's Congress considers that the North is preserved and has done so and the leaders have done so. They did everything in their power to keep the so-called southern parties out of the northern region, but the action group decided to organize in the north and we now have branches in every town and village in the normal region.

The third leading candidate is Dr. Namdi. Azikawei, head of the national council of Nigeria and Cameroon, along with the title of a political party, is a veteran nationalist and hates colonialism, the flamboyant sports journalist, educated in the United States, has a devoted following among the evil people of the eastern region and his popularity is spreading my good friend the prime minister of the federation in his broadcast the other night committed what i thought was a right that a prime minister sounds like i like ike at a republican national convention makes a difference to me valley whether I win this election or not.

I want you to believe me and I don't talk about politics for 25 years of my life. I have fought for the freedom of Nigeria. Nigeria will achieve independence on October 1, 1960. So for me it makes no difference. Whether Tadana, Balewa, Chief Awolo or myself are the first Prime Minister as long as Nigeria is free, I will be satisfied that returns are coming here in