On Processes of autonomy and independence (Barrister AKERE MUNA)

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I was born in Nigeria in enugu uh where my father was minister in 1952 and uh my birth was registered with my when when we got back so my documents might show that I was born in gambo which is my Village but actually I was born in uh Nigeria in 1952 uh and my birth is a bit of a milestone in Nigeria because he's in the newspapers you see when my mother entered into labor they had to take her to the to the hospital and so they took her to the the best hospital there but this hospital was a white only hospital it was called the parklan hospital so but my mother was taken there and uh was the wife of a minister so this the Eastern region of Nigeria so uh of course they uh I was born there so the newspapers carry the story first black child born in Parkland Hospital so if you Google first black child born in Parkland Hospital you see the story about my birth so there you go uh I came into the world therefore with a lot of noise uh then of course I uh when my after the Eastern crisis when my when the when the uh Southern cameroonians were seeking for autonomy of Southern cameroons self self self self-ruled self-government they walked out of the Eastern house which is known as the Eastern crisis so they walked out of the Eastern houseold assembly and they came back to Cameroon and then a government was created in Cameroon with a commissioner then uh I think there was an executive Council created uh and that's a story about the autonomy of uh Southern cameroons.