1. There were no enough British personnel to cater for the many administrative units at lower levels.
2. The African chiefs/headmen needed little pay. The cost of running such administrative units was low.
3. The used chiefs/headmen since they could readily be accepted by the local communities. This in turn reduced rebellion from the local people.
4. The locals had full knowledge of the people in their areas unlike the Europeans.
raphael answered the question on May 2, 2017 at 06:26
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