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16-583: Prior to NISER, colonial authorities established the West African Institute of Social and Economic Research. The center was founded in 1950 and headquartered in Ibadan with a mission to provide information on economic and social ideas that will be pivotal to development of British West African countries. The institute was affiliated with University of Ibadan and was publicly funded. In 1957, Ghana obtained political independence and opted out of

32-631: A governor-in-chief (comparable in rank to a governor-general ), an office vested in the governor of Sierra Leone (at Freetown ). The other colonies originally included in the jurisdiction were the Gambia and the British Gold Coast (modern Ghana). Also western Nigeria, eastern Nigeria and northern Nigeria were included. Africa's present makeup includes Ghana , Sierra Leone , Gambia , Western Nigeria , Eastern Nigeria and Northern Nigeria . These countries and areas are artifacts of

48-511: A role in this. Local elites developed, with new values and philosophies, who changed the overall cultural development. Even after its final dissolution, a single currency, the British West African pound , was in effect throughout the region—including Nigeria—from 1907 to 1962. Nigeria gained independence in 1960. Sierra Leone was self-governing by 1958 and gained independence in 1961. Gambia gained independence in 1965. In 1954,

64-648: The Liberian dollar , although it was not served by the West African Currency Board. Liberia changed to the US dollar in 1943. Togo and Cameroon adopted the West African currency in 1914 and 1916 respectively when British and French troops took over those colonies from Germany as part of World War I . Beginning in 1958, the British West African pound was replaced by local currencies in

80-827: The post-colonial period, or what the Ghanaian writer Kwame Appiah dubs neo-colonialism . British West Africa was originally founded at the urging of the prominent abolitionist Fowell Buxton , who felt that ending the Atlantic slave trade required some level of British control of the coastline. Development was solely based on modernization , and autonomous educational systems were the first step to modernising indigenous culture. Cultures and interests of indigenous peoples were ignored. A new social order, as well as European influences within schools and libraries and local traditions, helped mould British West Africa's culture. The British West African colonial school curriculum helped play

96-666: The 19th century, the pound sterling became the currency of the British West African territories, and standard issue British coinage circulated. The West African territories in question were Nigeria , the Gold Coast (now Ghana ), Sierra Leone and the Gambia . A distinctive set of sterling coinage for use in British West Africa was authorized by a series of Orders in Council beginning with

112-554: The British Gold Coast was allowed by Britain to self-govern and in 1957, the Gold Coast was given independence from Britain, under the name Ghana. British West African pound The pound was the currency of British West Africa , a group of British colonies, protectorates and mandate territories. It was equal to one pound sterling and was similarly subdivided into 20 shillings , each of 12 pence . In

128-664: The Nigeria Coinage Order, 1906, and in 1912, the authorities in London set up the West African Currency Board . The circumstance prompting this move was a tendency for standard sterling coins shipped to the West African territories to leave the region and return to circulation in the UK, causing a local dearth of coinage. A unique British West African variety of sterling coinage would not be accepted in

144-403: The government based on research findings. The institute's facilities are used as a venue for seminars and conferences. NISER's products and activities include publications of conference proceedings and research findings, organizing training workshops, and seminars. In 2006, a failing National Manpower Board was merged with NISER. In 2010, NISER began collaborating with Brookings Institution in

160-505: The individual territories. The replacements were: In 1907, aluminium 1 ⁄ 10 d and cupro-nickel 1d coins were introduced. Both coins were holed. In 1908, cupro-nickel replaced aluminium in the 1 ⁄ 10 d and, in 1911, holed, cupro-nickel 1 ⁄ 2 d coins were introduced. In 1913, silver 3d and 6d, 1/– and 2/– were introduced. In 1920, brass replaced silver in these denominations. In 1938, larger, cupro-nickel 3d coins were introduced, with nickel-brass replacing brass in

176-443: The institute. After Nigeria gained independence in 1960, the name of the institute was changed to Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research. In 1977, the military government made NISER an autonomous body. Thereafter, NISER's responsibilities include coordinating social and economic research in federal universities. The institute also carries out independent research on social and economic issues, provide consultative service to

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192-514: The latter's African Growth Initiative program. NISER is divided into three departments: Economic Policy Research Department, Social and Governance Policy Research Department, and Surveillance and Forecasting Department. Two other departments focus on administrative and networking functions. The institute is headed by a director-general, it has six zonal offices and liaison offices in Lagos and Abuja. British West Africa British West Africa

208-411: The shops of Britain and so would remain in circulation locally. In 1910, Australia commenced issuing its own distinctive varieties of sterling coinage, but the reasons for doing so were quite different from those relating to British West Africa. Australian authorities issued local coinage as a step towards introducing a separate currency with a flexible exchange rate against sterling, while no such plan

224-447: The whole throughout the 19th century. From west to east, the colonies became the independent countries of The Gambia , Sierra Leone , Ghana and Nigeria . Until independence, Ghana was referred to as the Gold Coast . British West Africa constituted during two periods (17 October 1821, until its first dissolution on 13 January 1850, and again 19 February 1866, until its final demise on 28 November 1888) as an administrative entity under

240-548: Was considered for British West Africa. With the exception of Jamaica where special low denomination coins were issued in place of the British copper coins, due to local superstitions surrounding the use of copper coinage for church collections, authorities in London did not replace any sterling coins with local issues for any other British colony . The British West African pound was also adopted by Liberia in 1907, replacing

256-520: Was the collective name for British settlements in West Africa during the colonial period , either in the general geographical sense or the formal colonial administrative entity. British West Africa as a colonial entity was originally officially known as Colony of Sierra Leone and its Dependencies , then British West African Territories and finally British West African Settlements . The United Kingdom held varying parts of these territories or

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