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/61/ Making Plans for Naija ft. Sa'eed Husaini

/61/ Making Plans for Naija ft. Sa'eed Husaini

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/61/ Making Plans for Naija ft. Sa'eed Husaini

FromBungacast

ratings:
Length:
56 minutes
Released:
Feb 14, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On Nigeria's elections. Sa'eed Husaini fills us in on the stakes of this election. President Buhari dismissed the country's top judge weeks before the election, but the former military dictator is meant to be an anti-corruption figure. His main opponent is a neoliberal privatiser. What's behind this contents between two faces of the Nigerian elite? What happens when politics is fought over the grounds of corruption? Can recent trade union mobilisations shake things up? Meanwhile violence associated with Boko Haram still festers... 
Readings:
Introductory
Nigeria’s Brutal Decision: Former Dictator or Alleged Kleptocrat, Bloomberg Businessweek
Thatcher-Loving Nigeria Candidate Plans to Overhaul Economy, Bloomberg Businessweek
Election overview by Brookings
More depth
The rebirth of the Nigerian left?, Sa'eed Husaini in Africa Is a Country
Democracy fading in Nigeria, Al Jazeera
On Sowore's programme, Marxist.com 
The struggle for a minimum wage, Africa Is a Country 
 
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Released:
Feb 14, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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