SEVEN years of IBB Vol. 7:
Date
1993
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Publisher
Lagos state: The Daily Times of Nigeria PLC,
Abstract
The Military in transition politics; The early parties; SDP and NRC: Ideology, pogrammes, and organisation ; Elections In the transition; Democracy and the Judiciary: Election Petitions during IBB Administration; Diarchy in practice: Civilian Governor’s under IBB; Race for President Ibrahim’s Babangida’s job.
Description
History is a product of continuous interaction between man and the environment. Seven years is nothing much in the life of a nation particularly one with the size and complexity of Nigeria. But a seven-year period during which fundamental assumptions were challenged and modified when phenomenal changes were effected in Nigeria's social, economic, and political scene, and during which issues hitherto reserved for the esoteric class, corporate bodies, and campus eggs heads became subjected to public debate and reactions deserve to be carefully documented and rationally analysed. The 1985-92 period will be a fascinating subject in Nigeria's history books. Historians and social scientists will find the sheer weight and volume of decisions taken, their immediate and lasting effect on the country's outlook, economy, and body politic too attractive to ignore. Even before the Babangida regime signed off, the men who captained the ship of state the policies they enunciated, the manner of implementation, and the intended and accidental consequences were already being studied.