§ 91. Mr. Pageasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement upon his recent visit to Nigeria.
NIGERIAN FEDERAL ELECTIONS—ELECTORATES AND NUMBERS VOTING — Northern Region* Eastern Region A Possible electorate under adult franchise 8,500,000 2,700,000 B Numbers registered in Eastern Region; actual Electorate in Northern Region 4,000,000 902,000 C Percentage (B) of (A) 47 34 D Number of votes cast See Note 563,000 E Percentage (D) of (B) See Note 62 Information for the Western Region and the Cameroons is not available * Only a small proportion of the electorate in the Northern Region requires to register in order to exercise its vote As voting in the primary elections in the Northern Region was generally by acclamation the actual number of votes cast is not ascertainable 116W
NIGERIAN FEDERAL ELECTIONS—PARTY STRENGTHS Party Northern Region Eastern Region Western Region Southern Cameroons Lagos Northern Peoples Congress 80 — — — — National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons — 34 23 — 1 Action Group 1 3 18 — 1 Kamerun National Congress — — — 6 — United National Independence Party — 4 — — — Middle Zone League 3 — — — — Middle Belt Peoples Party 1 — — — — Nigerian Commoners' Liberal Party — — 1 — — Tribal Unions * 6 — — — — Independents† 1 1 — — — 92 42 42 6 2 * The tribal unions are:— Tiv Progressive Union … … … … 2 Idoma State Union … … … … 2 Ipbirra Tribal Union … … … … 1 Birom Progressive Union … … … … 1 † The independent member from the Eastern Region is listed as Independent N.C.N.C.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI would refer my hon. Friend to the remarks I made this afternoon on the Second Reading of the Colonial Development and Welfare Bill.