The first problem was the refusal of Nigeria's rulers and people to accept British rule. They will resistant movement or uprising against the British. The British, because of this, concluded that there was no law and order in the community. the fact really was that the uprising threatened the safety and security of British official whose duty it to ensure that colonial authority was established in Nigeria also this was how they need to impose law and order or parcification become one of the initial problem that the colonial administration had to face in Nigeria. Secondly there was shortage of fundsnes for the running of the colonial government. This was due to the fat that the British government had a policy of depending on the revenue generated from the colonial territories for running the a face of those territories. The implication was that in the early years when the revenue base of Nigeria was poor financial support from the British imperial treasury was very low and therefore inadequate. Deadly there was a shortage of manpower or European staff. This was due to poor funding which make it impossible to recruit adequate manpower, and the British fear that they might not survive for long in the west Africa environment just like some of their men who came to the sub region in the 19th century. As a result bristols were not enthusiatics about joining the colonial service.
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