DISADVANTAGES OF INDIRECT RULE SYSTEM

  1. The system alienated educated Nigerians from participating in the colonial rule.
  2. The system created disunity and discord between the local chiefs and the educated elites
  3. The system is undemocratic and authoritarian
  4. The traditional rulers did not formulate policies.
  5. It led to excessive concentration of powers on the traditional rulers, which made most of them dictatorial.
  6. The system made the traditional rulers stooges of the colonial masters.
  7. The system denied the native chiefs the right and power to defend the interests of their people.

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