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Fifty-five years ago today, Jaja Ndubuisi Wachuku (pictured below) became the first indigenous Speaker of the House replacing Sir Frederic Metcalfe of Great Britain. Wachuku received Nigeria’s Freedom Charter from Princess Alexandra of Kent, the United Kingdom representative at the independence ceremonies. After obtaining its independence and emerging as a Republic in 1963, Nigeria endured…
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