Read the passage below carefully and answer the question that follows:
Commercial coal mining in Nigeria commenced in 1916 following the accidental discovery of coal deposits along the Udi escarpment in 1909 by British geologist Albert Ernest Kitson. To facilitate the evacuation of coal from the Enugu mines to coastal ports for export, the colonial administration constructed the Eastern Line of the Nigerian Railway, linking Enugu directly to Port Harcourt by 1916. Coal production was initially managed directly by the Railway Department until 1950, when the Nigerian Coal Corporation (NCC) was created as a statutory public enterprise to oversee mining operations. Production peaked in 1958 at over 900,000 metric tonnes, but sharply declined after 1959 due to the discovery of crude oil in Oloibiri and the subsequent conversion of railway locomotives from coal to diesel fuel.
According to the passage, what specific administrative change occurred regarding Nigerian coal mining in 1950?
- Oversight of coal production shifted from the Railway Department to the newly established Nigerian Coal Corporation.Cevap
- BCoal mining operations along the Udi escarpment were suspended to allow for railway track construction.
- CCommercial mining was prohibited by the colonial government following oil exploration in Oloibiri.
- DThe Railway Department assumed comprehensive governance over all coastal export shipping ports.