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History & state formation
National Archives of Nigeria
History & state formation
By virtue of the existing Act i.e the National Archives Act 1992, the National Archives is primarily entrusted with the responsibility of permanent custody, care, acquisition and control of all archives of the Federal Government and of such other archives or historical records as may be required from time to time. It is to be noted that custody, care, control and preservation are not without their own demand as we shall see later…
1979 October 1: Alhaji Shehu Shagari was sworn in as president.
History & state formation
Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari GCFR,born February 25, 1925.He was the first and only President of Nigeria’s Second Republic (1979–1983), after the handover of power by General Olusegun Obasanjo’s military government, Shagari also served seven times in a ministerial or cabinet post as a federal minister and federal commissioner from 1958–1975. He was made the Turaki of the Fula Sokoto Caliphate in 1962 by the Sultan of Sokoto Siddiq…