At the turn of the century, Nigeria was a pariah nation. Two decades leading to this period, the country suffered one of the worst episodes of economic decline since record began. During the time, the dreams at independence in 1960 and the oil wealth of the 1970s had vanished, replaced with stagnati
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OGHO OKITI
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