The Colonial Taxation Policy among the Yoruba of South-western Nigeria and its Implications for Socio-economic Development

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dc.contributor.authorAfolabi, A. S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-17T08:39:34Z
dc.date.available2024-04-17T08:39:34Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractAlthough the British colonial taxation policy engendered unlimited exploitation and expropriation of capital from the periphery to the metropolis, it also brought about 'changes' and 'development' in the Yoruba speaking parts of western Nigeria. Through the British implementation of the Indirect Rule System, they deviously used taxation system to exploit the indigenous terrain massively. Thus, British capitalism left indelible impact on the entire Nigerian polity. The study found that predatory leadership, gross opportunism, insincerity and ineptitude were the bane of tax administration in Western Nigeria during the colonial era. The study concluded that the British colonial tax system was disruptive of the delicate balance between the ruler and the ruled. It brought in its wake changes that were not conducive to rapid positive growth and development; the implementation of the colonial tax system systematically halted the development of indigenous institutions, and this in turn unleashed much depravation, exploitation and flight of capital, although some minor positive changes were during the colonial peri
dc.identifier.citation14. Afolabi, A. S. (2010): The Colonial Taxation Policy among the Yoruba of South-western Nigeria and its Implications for Socio-economic Development. Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria, 19: 63-92
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.jstor.org/stable/41857163
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/12000
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe Historical Society of Nigeria
dc.titleThe Colonial Taxation Policy among the Yoruba of South-western Nigeria and its Implications for Socio-economic Development
dc.typeArticle

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