Infrastructural Growth and Development in Nigeria, 1900-1960

The research studied infrastructural development during the colonial period; analyzed the prevailing factors that led the British to build substructures, organizations to exploit the land space called Nigeria. The paper defined infrastructure and proved its relationship with development and the British exploitation of its colony. The study relied heavily on documentary data and lightly on oral data. The oral data were based on unstructured interviews with some feminist scholars; and the documentary data were sourced from colonial government annual departmental reports, correspondence, books and magazines. The oral data were transcribed for analysis. The documentary data were subjected to textual and contextual analysis. Like Janus, Infrastructures built by the British played a dual role. They were used by the British to exploit Nigeria and also to develop its economy.