DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL TECHNOLOGY AND NIGERIA CIVIL WAR, 1967-1970

The Nigerian Civil War broke out in 1967 and ended in January 15th 1970. Prior to the war, Nigeria was a federation of four regions namely: Northern, Western, Eastern, and Mid-Western regions. The amalgamation of Nigeria by Lord Lugard in 1914 brought people of diverse ethnic nationalities, religious, socio-cultural, economic and political backgrounds together.1 The remote and immediate causes of the civil war are traced to the colonial and post- independence period. They include the Western Region crisis and the subsequent declaration of the state of emergency in the region in 1962. Others included the census crisis of 1963, the Federal election of 1964, the manipulation of Western Regional election of 1965 and massive corruption that prevailed in the First Republic