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The Nigerian Dependent Management and Leadership Development: U.A.C., SHELL, NNPC and OPEC Operations in the post world war 11 colonial Nigeria. Volume II December 1st, 2010. BOOK:(Expanded Summary). 1 The Nigerian Dependent Management and Leadership Development: U.A.C., SHELL, NNPC and OPEC Operations in the post world war 11 colonial Nigeria. THE GENESIS OF THE U.A.C. AND THEIR ECONOMIC ROLE IN THE PREWORLD WAR 11 COLONIAL NIGERIA. It would be useful to begin with a brief discussion of the Nigerian colonial expansion. A most significant factor which influenced the economic history of Nigeria was the economic and political competition among European nations. This led to a rivalry in Europe, as well as in Africa, causing an increase in British influence in Nigeria and subsequently to the complete domination of the country by the United Kingdom. Nonetheless, the analysis of the British policy toward Nigeria covers a short period (unlike in India where they stayed for long period of time). The acquisition of the territory began in 1851, and was not completed until 1914; fully half of it was taken over. The very name of the country was suggested by Flora Shaw (Lady Lugard) only in 1897. The area to which she gave a name however, did not have a unified administration until 1914, and even that constituted a more personal union under Sir Fredrick Lugard (later Lord) as a sort of emperor over two large areas or many native governments. The era of British colonial violence in Nigeria illustrated British intention to control the economy. For instance, in 1861, the British ( with their Gun-Boat Diplomacy) arrived in Lagos, later capital of Nigeria, and proclaimed that they had come to stamp out the slave trade. After detailed involvement in the commercial and economic affairs of the town, the British put Lagos, under bombardment and dethroned King Kosoko, and installed another King in his place. Lagos was annexed and proclaimed a British colony. THE U.A.C. AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARKETING BOARD SYSTEM IN THE POST WORLD WAR 11 COLONIAL NIGERIA: BOARDS ECONOMIC INEFFECTIVENESS AND U.A.C.’s EXPANSIONISM TO THE CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA.(1947 – 2010). Another aspect of U.A.C.’s economic role was the creation of the marketing board system in the post world war 11 colonial Nigeria, in 1947. After the end of world war 11 era, in 1945, with England defeating the Nazi’s army and the humiliation of Adolph Hitler. The global community seemed somewhat sporadically secured and safe. One year following the end of the world war 11, the global hemisphere was once again ready to have another international organization, unlike the former “League of Nation” of 2 The Nigerian Dependent Management and Leadership Development: U.A.C., SHELL, NNPC and OPEC Operations in the post world war 11 colonial Nigeria. 1921, post - world war 1, (1914-1918) to stabilize peace among the nation- states system and reduce nuclear armaments for a safer world and to create a world order upon which the citizens of the world would abide by. That organization was “The United Nations Organization”, (UN) formed in the year 1946. In 1947, witnessed yet another formation and creation of the marketing board system for sale of export crops which succeeded West African Cocoa Control Board of 1940, and the West African Produce Control Board (W.A.P.C.B.) of 1942, both which were created by British government’s Ministry of Food and Supply to enable Britain strong control access over the Nigerian economy. There were two boards, one took care of cocoa exports in 1947, raw materials and the other was Palm oil and oil seeds-raw materials for making Palm oil and kernel. The marketing board major role was price stabilization and fixing; they control the cocoa quota system, where monopoly with other competitors will be abolished. The profit and surplus accumulated by the boards control still have devastating economic consequences to the farmers and the Nigerian middle-class men, and very dramatic to British Ministry of Food who retains the major buyers of cocoa from the board and later exports to other countries. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRUDE PETROLEUM AND PETRO-CHEMICAL GAS/NATURAL GAS: THE FOREIGN MULTI/TRANS NATIONAL CORPORATIONS; SHELL, NNPC, AND OPEC. THE (BRIEF) HISTORY AND ECONOMIC ROLE.(THE NIGER-DELTA REGIONS OF NIGERIA). It would be pertinent to understand that prior to existence of Nigeria’s crude petroleum and petro-chemical gas/natural gas economy, the agricultural sectors which was explored briefly in the “PART C/Chapter 1.” of this book (summary) provided a pre-existence of the British imperialist early mission in the colonial Nigeria prior to oil multi-national corporations; historical, economic, political, socio-cultural and geo-anthropological roles and activities (in the Niger Delta regions) of colonial and post-independence Nigeria to the contemporary. 3 The Nigerian Dependent Management and Leadership Development: U.A.C., SHELL, NNPC and OPEC Operations in the post world war 11 colonial Nigeria.