''FIRST STOREY BUILDING IN NIGERIA''
According to Adeniyi Ajibola Stephen Lloyd:
''The ancient history laden structure was erected by the Reverend Henry Townsend of the church missionary society CMS in 1845.The edifice which later served as Vicarage for saint Thomas Anglican church, Badagry was also used by Samuel Ajayi Crowther, the first African C.M.S Bishop when he undertook the translation of the Holy Bible from English to Yoruba, ''
''Originally built of coconut fibers and located on an area of 1,144 square feet, the more than a century and half old monument was recently given a face lift to further preserve it for generations yet unborn.The building is located along the Marina in Badagry.''
Controversy
''It being the actual first two floor building is however disputed, as it is argued that the Hausas in Northern Nigeria had built storey buildings before this building was erected, ''When will our colonised compatriots realise the insult handed to them by the British in this baseless claim??
JUST FOR THE RECORD:
The first storey building in Nigeria would have looked like THIS:
Or like THIS:
Or like THIS:
Or Like THIS:
Buildings like these have adorned the Nigerian sahelian landscape for at least 1,200 years, which comes up to roughly 900 years before there was a nation known as Britain.
Now, instead of ''renovating'' the British ''first storey building'', and making highly provocative claims about some white man being the ''first teacher in Nigeria'', why don't they simply SCRAP the whole silly idea of identifying the ''first whatever'' in a land as ancient as Nigeria, and quit these egregious insults to our collective??
***The ancient history laden structure was erected by the Reverend Henry Townsend of the church missionary society CMS in 1845.The edifice which later served as Vicarage for saint Thomas Anglican church, Badagry was also used by Samuel Ajayi Crowther, the first African C.M.S Bishop when he undertook the translation of the Holy Bible from English to Yoruba.
Original built of coconut fibers and located on an area of 1,144 square feet,the more than a century and half old monument was recently given a face lift to further preserve it for generation yet unborn.The building is located along the Marina in Badagry.
Controversy
It is being the actual first two floor building is however disputed, as it is argued that the Hausa's in Northern Nigeria had built storey buildings before this building was erected. [citation needed]Adeniyi Ajibola Stephen Reporting... Further More...
| Nigeria’s second storey building ... Located in Ota, Ogun State. |
Ironically, the building said to be the second storey building in the country, is not enjoying same popularity as that located in Badagry. It is sited in a remote area called Ipate Oyinbo in Ota, Ogun State.
Built by the missionaries at St. James Anglican Church, Ipate Oyinbo, Ota, Ogun State in 1842, the building now serves as the church‘s vicarage.
Historians say that in furtherance of the works of the Church Missionary Society in the West Coast of Africa, Rev. Henry Townsend, accompanied by Andrew William, entered Nigeria through Badagry on December 17, 1842.
On their way to Abeokuta, Ogun State, Townsend and his companion reportedly stayed for a short period in some villages in Aworiland, including Tigbo, Ota, Ajibode and Konifewo, among others.
It was about that time that early Europeans missionaries found a convenient resting place in Ota and set up a place of worship, a school and built the second storey building there.
That place had since been known and called Ipate Oyinbo and those Europeans were known as onibuku (book owners).
That church was, on May 1, 2008, inaugurated as the seat of the Missionary Diocese of Awori by the Anglican Primate, Most Rev. Peter Akinola.
