§ 57. Mr. K. Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps have been or will be taken by his Department or by the Government of Nigeria to implement the recommendation of the Willink Commission that a Federal Board should be appointed to consider the problems of the Niger Delta area.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe 1958 Nigeria Constitutional Conference agreed that a Niger Delta Development Board should be established, and provision for its establishment was made in the Nigeria (Constitution) (Amendment No. 2) Order in Council, 1959. I believe that the Federal Government hope to introduce the necessary Nigerian legislation in August. The Board will be set up as soon as possible thereafter.