Explain the importance of the Lyttleton constitution of 1954 in the political development of Nigeria

The outcome of the London conference of
1953 and that of Lagos in 1954 formed
the basis of the Lytteton Constitution which was named
after the then secretary of state for the colonies Mr. Oliver
Lyttleton later Lord chander. The 1954
constitution was important because of the following reasons:

• The central legislature now known as
  federal house of representative was
  composed of 184 directly elected representatives in
  terms of 92 members for North, 42 for West and 42 members
  for Eastern region.
• The federal
  council of ministers become the policy making body of government
  with three members from each region, three official
  members and one member from Southern Cameroon.
• The
  Regions: The constitution formally created three main regions i.e.
  Northern, Western and Eastern region. The house of Assembly of each
  region was given legislative powers.
• The constitution formally established federal
  system of government with
  constitutional division of powers between the federal and the
  state governments.
• The Regional House of Assemblies ceased to
  serve as electoral colleges
  for the central legislature.
• The titles of the Chief Executives were
  changed. The Chief Executives of the
  country was identified as Governor General while the Regional Chief executive were
  called Governors in place of Governor
  and Lt. Governor respectively as they were known by the 1951
  constitution.
• Speakers were appointed to preside over the legislatures instead of the
  Governor and Lt. Governor as the case was before 1954  
• For the first
  time the judiciary and the civil service were decentralized and
  each region received-the powers to set up its own  marketing 
  Board for the sale of the major commodities produced
  in the region.