Governor-General of Nigeria
Standard in Colonial Nigeria (1954–1960)
Flag in independent Nigeria (1960–1963)
Viceregal
StyleHis Excellency
StatusAbolished
ResidenceGovernment House, Lagos
Appointer
Formation1 October 1954
First holderSir John Stuart Macpherson
Final holderNnamdi Azikiwe
Abolished1 October 1963

The governor-general of Nigeria was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom in Colonial Nigeria from 1954 to 1960, and after Nigerian independence in 1960, the representative of the Nigerian head of state.

The office was created on 1 October 1954, when the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was created as an autonomous federation within the British Empire. After independence in 1960, the governor-general became the representative of the Nigerian monarch, and the office continued to exist till 1963, when Nigeria abolished its monarchy, and became a republic.[1][2][3]

Flag of the governor-general of Nigeria

This article contains a list of governors and governors-general of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, and later of the Federation of Nigeria; both as a British overseas possession and an independent monarchy.[4][5]

Flag of Nigeria (1914–1952)

Governor-general of Nigeria, 1914–1919

Portrait Name Took office Left office Sovereign
Sir Frederick Lugard
(1858–1945)		1 January 19148 August 1919George V

Governors of Nigeria, 1919–1954

Portrait Name Took office Left office Sovereign
Sir Hugh Clifford
(1866–1941)		8 August 191913 November 1925George V
Sir Graeme Thomson
(1877–1933)		13 November 192517 June 1931George V
Sir Donald Cameron
(1872–1948)		17 June 19311 November 1935George V
Sir Bernard Bourdillon
(1883–1948)		1 November 19351 July 1940George V
Edward VIII
George VI
Sir John Evelyn Shuckburgh
(1877–1953)		1 July 19401942George VI
Sir Alan Burns
(1887–1980)		194218 Dec 1943George VI
Sir Arthur Richards
(1885–1978)		18 Dec 19435 February 1948George VI
Sir John Macpherson
(1898–1971)		5 February 19481 October 1954George VI
Elizabeth II

Governors-general of Nigeria, 1954–1963

Following is a list of people who have served as governor-general of Nigeria.[1]

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Monarch
(Reign)
Took office Left office Time in office
Governors-general representing the monarch of the United Kingdom
1 Sir John Stuart Macpherson
(1898–1971)		 1 October
1954		 15 June
1955		 257 days
Elizabeth II

(1954–1960)
2 Sir James Wilson Robertson
(1899–1983)		 15 June
1955		 1 October
1960		 5 years, 108 days
Governors-General representing the monarch of Nigeria
(2) Sir James Wilson Robertson
(1899–1983)		 1 October
1960		 16 November
1960		 46 days
Elizabeth II

(1960–1963)
3 Nnamdi Azikiwe
(1904–1996)		 16 November
1960		 1 October
1963		 2 years, 319 days

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See also

References

  1. 1 2 Dennis Chukude Osadebay (1978), Building a Nation: An Autobiography, Macmillan Nigeria, p. 109, ISBN 9789781322662
  2. ↑ Benjamin Obi Nwabueze (1982). A Constitutional History of Nigeria. C. Hurst & Co. p. 74. ISBN 9780905838793.
  3. ↑ Federal Nigeria: Volumes 6-11, Consulate General of Nigeria, 1963, p. 2
  4. ↑ Kirk-Greene, Anthony H. M. (1978). "On Governorship and Governors in British Africa". In Duignan, Peter; Gann, L. H. (eds.). African Proconsuls: European Governors in Africa. New York: Free Press. pp. 244–250 – via WebAfriqa.net.
  5. ↑ Manton, John (2008). "'The Lost Province': Neglect and Governance in Colonial Ogoja". History in Africa. 35: 327–345. doi:10.1353/hia.0.0010.
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