At the time of the 1897 Lagos strike (a labour strike in Lagos Colony), Lagos was under the governorship of Henry McCallum, who decided to launch a minor reform of the administration and economy of Lagos.
The Lagos strike of 1897 was a labour strike in Lagos Colony (modern-day Lagos in Nigeria) which has been described as the first "major labour protest of the colonial period" in African history. At the time of the strike, Lagos was a colony under the governorship of Henry McCallum. McCallum, who had held a number of important colonial posts in Asia, decided to launch a major reform of the administration and economy of Lagos. 
