the number of official members was reduced from 27 to 16, and included the governoer, 13 ex officio members (the chief secretary, the chief commissioners of the three provinces, the attorney general, the financial secretary, the directors of agriculture, education, medical services and public works, the development secretary and the commissioners of labour and of the colony) and three nominated officials (senior residents in kano and oyo provinces and a resident from british cameroons. however, the number of appointed unofficials was increased from 15 to 24, with nine members from the northern provinces (the emirs of abuja, gwandu, igbirra and katsina and five others nominated by the house of assembly), six members from the western province (the ooni of ife, the oba of benin and four others nominated by the house of assembly), five members from the eastern provinces (all nominated by the house of assembly), one member from the colony of lagos and three members to represent otherwise unrepresented interests.