Yusuf Bala Usman and Nigeria’s economic crisis, By Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu Yusuf

Professional military coup plotters, or military politicians – militicians for short – battered the Nigerian economy. This became manifest in 1977, with General Olusegun Obasanjo’s “Low Profile” policy. This degenerated into the “Economic Stabilisation Policy” (ESP) of the President Shehu Shagari government. It further deteriorated into the “Austerity Measures” of General Muhammadu Buhari, and festered […]

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