(a) Describe the organizational structure of the Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM).
(b) What led to its collapse?
Explanation
(a)(i) The NYM had a congress/Convention as part of its organizational structure
(ii) A national executive was also in place headed by a president.
(iii) It also had branches established in some urban areas throughout Nigeria and a committee of twelve to prepare for the 1938 elections.
(iv) Its national headquarters was in Lagos.
(b)(i) There was internal wrangling within the movement. founding of the Daily Service as the official mouthpiece of the party did not go down well with Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the publisher of the West African Pilot.
(ii) The inherent internal weaknesses of the NYM structure could not solve the movement’s problems.
(iii) The movement was riven by Ethnic/tribal conflicts which pitched the leaders/supporters against one another.
(iv) The eventual resignation of Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe and Samuel Akinsanya virtually destroyed the limited national character of the NYM.