Town Councils' Corruption, 1954-1956

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fols. 1-22: Extracts and cuttings from English and Gold Coast newspapers about corruption in Blackpool, Nairobi and Nigeria; a letter dated 10 May 1956 from Russell, Chief Regional Officer, Ashanti, to the Ministry of Local Government, Accra, with six memoranda by him relating to the failings of the Kumasi Municipal Council (fols. 6-22).
Item 1: Printed report of the Committee of Enquiry into Mr Braimah's resignation, 1954.
Item 2: Commonwealth Challenge, vol. 5, no. 1, Oct 1956, which includes an article (pages 52-54) on the above report.

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MSS. Afr. s. 1111, box 2, file 5

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