Nigeria (Vol 14, 2017)
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The ill-health and absence of President Muhammadu Buhari, which lasted for months, the on-going Islamist insurgency in North East zone, the precarious situation in North Central, organised crime and the country’s slow recovery from the worst recession for 30 years set the political and socioeconomic scene. The president’s advanced age and poor health led to further debates during the second half of the year and at year’s end, when the issue of succession and questions about Buhari’s achievements and his capacity to lead the country were prominent, and the forthcoming elections in early 2019 did nothing to dampen these debates. Despite the many challenges, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, a lawyer and former commissioner of justice in Lagos, handled the most dangerous threats in a professional and far-sighted manner, thus convincing the elites and the public that the democratic institutions were more stable than was widely assumed. However, the government eventually sealed a deal with the new us administration under President Trump, which was ready to sell military hardware to combat terrorism. Beyond that, the battered economy slightly began to recover.
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Nigeria (Vol 14, 2017)
in Africa Yearbook OnlineSearch for other papers by Heinrich Bergstresser in
Current site
Google Scholar
(8,409 words)