'6. Financial and Fiscal', 1953-1958
folder
Held at the Weston Library
Contains:
- (fols. 1-7) note on Northern Region Government Finances 1953-1954, n.d.
- (fols. 8-11) budget Speech 1956-1957, n.d.
- (fol. 12) schedules to the Finance Bill, n.d.
- (item 1) statement by the Premier of the Northern Region on the Region's need for Overseas Capital (pp. 2), 5 Mar 1956
- (item 2) speech by Sir Clem. J. Pleass, Governor of the Eastern Region, to the Third Budget Session of the Eastern House of Assembly, 5 Mar 1956
- (item 3) speech on Finance Bill by Dr S.E. Imoke, Minister of Finance, 6 Mar 1956
- (fols. 13-40) papers concerning the Commission of Inquiry, led by Sir Stafford Foster-Sutton, appointed to investigate the circumstances leading to the investment of public funds in the African Continental Bank Ltd. with which the Premier of the Eastern Region, Dr Azikiwe, was connected, 1 Aug 1956-19 Jan 1957. The papers include: (fols. 15-18) background information on the political crisis in the Eastern Region of Nigeria; (fols. 19-26) report of the Motion moved by E.O. Eyo requesting the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry; (fols. 28-35) a verbatim report of the method and procedure of the Foster-Sutton Commission; (fols. 36-38) copies of two letters from Azikiwe to the Bank of British West Africa, addressed to 'Read'; (fols. 39-40) Statement by the United National Independence Party on the Report of the Foster-Sutton Tribunal
- (item 4) statement made by the Premier in the Eastern House of Assembly: 'Banking Monopoly in Nigeria' (pp. 12), 8 Aug 1956
- (item 5) Eastern House of Assembly Sessional Paper No. 4 of 1956: Report on Banking and Finance in Eastern Nigeria, [1956]
- (fol. 41) 'Opportunities for overseas investment in Eastern Nigeria': Eastern Nigeria Information Service (ENIS) release, 19 Sep 1956
- (fols. 42-44) Eastern Nigeria Information Service (ENIS) releases concerning education and taxation, 4 Apr 1957
- (fols. 45-47) Colonial Office release: 'Nigeria Fiscal Commission appointed' (Chairman, Sir Jeremy Raisman), 9 Oct 1957
- (fols. 48-50) 'Budget Session 1958-1959': Eastern Nigeria Today, pp. 1, 6, and 7, Mar-Apr 1958
- (item 6) Colonial Office: Report of the Nigeria Fiscal Commission, Cmnd. 481 (pp. 69), 24 Jun 1958
- (fols. 51-52) cuttings from Eastern Outlook and Eastern Nigeria Information Service (ENIS), on tax evasion, 24 Jul, 5 Sep 1958
- (fols. 53-55) three cuttings from West African Pilot, on fiscal matters, 30 and 31 Aug 1958
- (fol. 56) table showing revenue and expenditure in Nigeria and the Southern Cameroons (Northwest Region and Southwest Region, Cameroon), 1954-1958, n.d.
- (item 7) 'A Submission on Revenue Allocation' by the Delegation from the Eastern Region of Nigeria: cyclostyled memorandum (pp. 21), n.d.
Dates
- Creation: 1953-1958
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/84, folder 2
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk