The tale is told of how past Nigerian military rulers often turned the central bank into their personal printing presses. The outcome of this uncontrolled money printing was disastrous.
In 1995 Nigeria’s inflation rate was a vertigo inducing 75 percent, while the naira which was at virtual
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