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Gowon violated the Aburi accord, presided over a genocide that killed 3 million people.
Paid lip service to victims with the 3Rs that didn’t see any actual reconciliation, reconstruction or rehabilitation happen.
The abandoned property act, the £20 act & indigenization decree ... https://twitter.com/akin_adesina/status/1331774048771182592
Paid lip service to victims with the 3Rs that didn’t see any actual reconciliation, reconstruction or rehabilitation happen.
The abandoned property act, the £20 act & indigenization decree ... https://twitter.com/akin_adesina/status/1331774048771182592
... that saw foreign companies sell shares to Nigerians, at a time when Igbos were struggling to get their property back and being paid £20, regardless of how much they had before the war.
That policy created a lot of Hausa/Fulani and Yoruba millionaires at the expense of Igbos.
That policy created a lot of Hausa/Fulani and Yoruba millionaires at the expense of Igbos.
Gowon squandered an oil boom. Boasted that Nigeria’s problem was how to spend money, when the reality was that he didn’t understand investment.
Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia & other nations we were on par with left us behind as we went into deeper economic problems because of him.
Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia & other nations we were on par with left us behind as we went into deeper economic problems because of him.
Gowon did not build infrastructure, instead he squandered the funds on increased military spending (of course) during peace time and “Udoji awards” on an already over-bloated civil service.
Let his military brats run unchecked, oversaw massive corruption in every sphere.
Let his military brats run unchecked, oversaw massive corruption in every sphere.
Let’s also talk about how Gowon created states, completing the destruction of our regionalism started by Ironsi.
Gowon transferred even more power to the center making states weak and dependent, transferred their rights to exploit natural resources to the federal government.
Gowon transferred even more power to the center making states weak and dependent, transferred their rights to exploit natural resources to the federal government.
What did Gowon not do to this country?
Genocide, destruction of federalism, civil service/military expansion and corruption, squandering an oil boom, discriminatory post war policies, attempting to delay transition to civilian rule.
What did Jack Gowon not do?
Genocide, destruction of federalism, civil service/military expansion and corruption, squandering an oil boom, discriminatory post war policies, attempting to delay transition to civilian rule.
What did Jack Gowon not do?
Gowon is also a key reason why the Nigerian government’s revenue is complicit independent of economic activity of the citizens. He facilitated Nigeria’s dependence on oil and Dutch disease.
As long as the government has it crude oil rents, the rest of us can go fuck ourselves.
As long as the government has it crude oil rents, the rest of us can go fuck ourselves.
