Nigeria: Information on the "Council of Chiefs", their role, and their names in 1991-92
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 November 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | NGA18753.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Nigeria: Information on the "Council of Chiefs", their role, and their names in 1991-92, 1 November 1994, NGA18753.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab1820.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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For information on the council of chiefs or elders, please refer to Information Requests NGA18456.E of 26 September 1994, NGA9862 of 5 December 1991, NGA10201 of 30 January 1992, NGA10364 of 16 March 1992 and the attached document on the history of the council of elders among the Igbo.
According to a Nigerian professor of government, who specializes in African politics at the University of Texas at Austin, there are more than 100 tribes in Nigeria and each tribe has its own council of chiefs or elders. It is impossible to provide the names of the council of chiefs for the years 1991-1992 without doing research in Nigeria (26 Oct. 1994).
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
Nigerian professor of government, University of Texas, Austin. 6 October 1994. Telephone interview.
Attachment
Ohadike, Don C. 1994.Anioma: A Social History of the Western Igbo People. Athens: University of Chicago, pp. 72-74.