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Arthur Richard's constitution of 1946

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Term: 3rd Term

Week: 2

Class: Senior Secondary School 2

Age: 16 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:      Government

Topic:-       Arthur Richard’s constitution of 1946

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

  1. State the features of the constitution
  2. State the merits and demerits of the constitution

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher reviews the previous lesson on Hugh Clifford’s constitution

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

He states the features of the Arthur Richard’s constitution of 1946

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

He states the merits and demerits of the Arthur Richard’s constitution of 1946  

Students pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a summarized note on the board

The students copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

ARTHUR RICHARD’S CONSTITUTION OF 1946

The Richards Constitution of 1946 replaced the defective Clifford Constitution of 1922. It was as a result of the weakness of the Clifford Constitution that the Nigerian nationalists began to pressurise Sir

Bernard Bourdillon, the Governor of Nigeria from 1935 to 1943, to give them a new befitting constitution. It was Sir Bernard Bourdillon who split Nigeria into three (3) regions: North, East, and West in 1939.

 

FEATURES OF THE RICHARDS CONSTITUTION.

  1. Integration of Nigeria under one (1) council.
  2. Each region had its own regional council.
  3. Bi-cameral legislature in the North but uni-cameral for the East and West.
  4. An executive council of official to assist the governor.
  5. Regional Assemblies functioned as electoral colleges for the indirect election of members of the legislative council.

 

MERITS OF RICHARDS CONSTITUTION.

  1. North and South, for the first time, were legislatively integrated (i.e. had one all-Nigerian legislative council).
  2. Nigerians were offered greater participation in the central legislative council.
  3. Various interests and sections were adequately represented.
  4. It recognised the diversity of the country.
  5. Indirect rule system was carefully incorporated into the constitution.

 

DEMERITS OF RICHARDS CONSTITUTION.

  1. Regional Assemblies merely acted as advisory and consultative bodies.
  2. Impression of unofficial majority in the council was false because majority were chiefs or government nominees.
  3. Constitution was arbitrarily imposed, thus, undemocratic.
  4. The elective principle was not extended beyond Lagos and Calabar.
  5. Regionalism was introduced unintentionally and thus, caused political division into Nigeria.

EVALUATION:    1. State the features of the Arthur Richard’s constitution of 1946

  1. State three merits and demerits of the Arthur Richard’s constitution of 1946

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively