JAMB - Government (2001 - No. 21)
Some pre-colonial Nigerian societies are described as stateless because
they had no formal governmental institutions
they had no definite political boundaries
their population was too small
they were not independent.
Forklaring
Some pre-colonial Nigerian societies are described as stateless because they had no formal governmental institutions.
For instance, the Igbos unlike Yorubas and the Fulanis have a complex and complicated system of administration in pre-colonial era. There was no sort of central authority, what they had was a diffusion of political authority into different groups.
For instance, the Igbos unlike Yorubas and the Fulanis have a complex and complicated system of administration in pre-colonial era. There was no sort of central authority, what they had was a diffusion of political authority into different groups.