§ 27. Mr. Ralph Morleyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if his attention has been called to the fact that applications by the Christian Mission for permission to open schools among non-Muslim tribes in Northern Nigeria such as the Kaje, the Jaba, the Katab and the Kamatan have not been granted; and if he will make a statement.
§ The Minister of State for Colonial Affairs (Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd)The local education committee in Southern 388 Zaria, where these tribes live, recommended nine of the 12 applications to open Christian schools during the past year. In two cases the voluntary agencies represented on the committee failed to agree: in the other case the local inhabitants preferred to have a Native Administration school.