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Territories. Cameroon was handed over to Britain and France. There were two Cameroon territories under Britain. When Nigeria was preparing for the 1960 political independence, the people of the British Cameroons were consulted in a plebiscite on whether to go with Nigeria or join up with French Cameroon. Southern British Cameroon opted for unification with French Cameroon while Northern British Cameroon voted to remain with Nigeria. Thus, NCNC became National Council of Nigerian Citizens in 1959.
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would be ruinous to include such right. The policies of the party, from its inception favored a countenance of determined expression for self-government and nationalism. The major aims of the party taken on subsequent campaigns at home and abroad were as follows.
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