Do we want to be SAPped Again? Part 2
Continued from yesterday, Monday, January 24, 2012 . The piece below is a draft of a paper published as: “The Dividends of Democracy: The Nigeria Experience” in Olayiwola Abegunrin and Olusoji Akomolafe, Eds. Nigeria in Global Politics: Twentieth Century and Beyond (Nova Publishers, 2006). I belatedly realized that the references were not included yesterday. They are to be found at the end of this posting. To reiterate, much of this is old history. I think it is still relevant as food for thought. ... The exchange attracted the attention of Dr. Enodien, a management consultant who is resident in Lagos. He wrote a commentary in one of Nigeria's leading newspapers that once again brought up the question of the dividends of democracy. The aforementioned politician was seen as acting absurdly when he pointed to achievements and strides made in the area of opening up the political arena. The attribution of this much needed ...