ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE IN NIGERIA

Democracy in Africa

23 January 2012

ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE IN NIGERIA

Following the recent political unrest and attacks by Boko Haram, we asked an experienced Nigeria watcher to update us on the state of the nation. He did so on the condition of anonymity, and argues that the removal of fuel subsidies has nothing to do with economics, that it may not actually matter whether or not the President is ‘in control’, and that in some ways Goodluck Jonathan is not in as weak a position as some people are suggesting...

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