I came across some information on Wikipedia about Nigeria. I got to where I believe it all started. All the corruption and rigging. After Babangida snatched power from Gen. Buhari. He barely had enough time to do what he promised. Hope you enjoy the read and would like to hear what you think.


"During the oil boom of the 1970s, Nigeria joined OPEC and the huge revenue generated made the economy richer. Despite huge revenues from oil production and sale, the military administration did little to improve the standard of living of the population, help small and medium businesses, or invest in infrastructure. As oil revenues fuelled the rise of federal subventions to states, the federal government became the centre of political struggle and the threshold of power in the country. As oil production and revenue rose, the Nigerian government became increasingly dependent on oil revenues and the international commodity markets for budgetary and economic concerns. It did not develop other sources of the economy for economic stability. That spelled doom to federalism in Nigeria.

Beginning in 1979, Nigerians participated in a brief return to democracy when Olusegun Obasanjo transferred power to the civilian regime of Shehu Shagari. The Shagari government became viewed as corrupt and incompetent by virtually all sectors of Nigerian society. The military coup of Muhammadu Buhari shortly after the regime's fraudulent re-election in 1984 was generally viewed as a positive development. Buhari promised major reforms, but his government fared little better than its predecessor. His regime was overthrown by another military coup in 1985.

The new head of state, Ibrahim Babangida, declared himself president and commander in chief of the armed forces and the ruling Supreme Military Council. He set 1990 as the official deadline for a return to democratic governance. Babangida's tenure was marked by a flurry of political activity: he instituted the International Monetary Fund's Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) to aid in the repayment of the country's crushing international debt, which most federal revenue was dedicated to servicing. He enrolled Nigeria in the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, which aggravated religious tensions in the country."


After Babangida survived an abortive coup, he pushed back the promised return to democracy to 1992. Free and fair elections were finally held on 12 June 1993, with a presidential victory for Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Babangida annulled the elections, leading to mass civilian violent protests which effectively shut down the country for weeks. Babangida finally kept his promise to relinquish office to a civilian-run government, but not before appointing Ernest Shonekan as head of the interim government. Babangida's regime has been considered the most corrupt, and responsible for creating a culture of corruption in Nigeria.

Source

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria#Middle_ages_.281500.E2.80.931800.29

36 wasted years of Northern leadership of an entity called Nigeria.

We can't allow that again.

Give people that have developmental spirit and mindset to rule not people that believe in BAKWOMISM (vanity upon vanity)

Corruption became prominent in the second republic. Governors, Ministers, Legislators and other officials took turns to exploit the resources of Nigeria at the expense of the masses. It takes a General Muhammadu Buhari to begin with clean up which unfortunately he could not be able to complete before he was kickedout by a corrupt backed IBB administration. However, corruption became the official seal of government during the IBB and Abacha regimes. Obasanjo though fought some corrupt officials, many believe it was selective. Musa Yar adua's administration started the process of weakening the anti-corruption Agencies. His Excellency Goodluck Jonathan's government not only killed the anti-corruption agancies, it has made corruption an institution of government, celebrates corrupt officials and even redefined it. Please note that most of the corrupt officials in the second republic and IBB are the founding members of PDP.

Anyway, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari is coming in 2015 to clean the country of corruption mess.