Question

Advantages of colonial period that will help us to live better now

Answer 1

Their Advantages-

Expansion of land: colonialism also brought about the expansion of land for their colonies. Before colonialism, there was no territory known as Nigeria. There were only towns and villages, which were more or less restricted to their areas, surviving on their own. The coming of colonial masters expanded the land for all ethnic groups, towns and villages. Members of any ethnic group can now move to and live in any part of the country and call the place home. The name Nigeria was also given to the territory around the Niger River by the colonial masters.

Language: the adoption of the language of the colonial masters by the colonies has fostered unity to an extent in most multilingual and multicultural nations. A clear example is seen in Nigeria which has well over five hundred languages. Since no language is considered superior to the other, it would be difficult for any of the native languages to be made the lingua franca. The adoption of English language has made things easier for Nigerians as the language is foreign and does not belong to any particular ethnic group or people in the country.