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Question 11:    

Highlight any five steps taken by the Buhari administration in Nigeria to improve the economic and social life of the people between 1983 and 1984.

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This question was a very popular one and most of the candidates that attempted it performed very well. They were able to identify the contributions of Buhari administration to economic and social life of the people. However, some of them only wrote skimpy answers without explanation and this decreased their overall performance. In order to satisfy the demands of the question, the candidates were expected to highlight the following points:

(i)The regime banned the importation of some foreign goods. This was to improve the country’s foreign reserves;

(ii) the regime encouraged the production of goods using local resources;

(iii) the regime issued decrees against smuggling, drug trafficking and illegal oil bunkering. Drug pushers and illegal oil bunkerers were executed by firing squad;

(iv) the regime imprisoned corrupt politicians. Corrupt public officers were also probed and tried by special tribunals;

(v) the regime tried to solve the unemployment problem in the country by expelling illegal aliens who caused social and economic problems to the country.

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