Nigeria (Vol 1, 2004)
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In 2004, Nigeria experienced a wave of hitherto unknown political violence, ethnic and religious conflict and organised crime, affecting almost all the 36 states and Abuja. The conflicts sometimes reached a level that threatened the political system and endangered the still infant democratisation process. While the shariah issue lost political momentum in the world's biggest Christian-Islamic country, infighting for resource and financial control, especially at state and council level, reached new heights. Several local militias were able to increase their political influence and some even successfully turned themselves into local and regional powerbrokers. The federal government responded by pursuing a strategy of political dialogue and force, depending on the perceived relevance of the issue for the central government. In conjunction with the intensity and variety of conflicts, this policy revealed the weakness of the modern institutions and caused widespread frustration with the political and very limited economic progress. Against this background, President Olusegun Obasanjo and his government started a new economic and social reform programme and scheduled a national conference for early 2005 to create at least some legacy of ‘democracy dividend’ and economic progress.
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Nigeria (Vol 1, 2004)
in Africa Yearbook OnlineSearch for other papers by Heinrich Bergstresser in
Current site
Google Scholar
(8,252 words)