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Puppet Theater in Nigeria...
...NIGERIA: Shattered Dream...
This is nothing new in Nigeria where "dash," or bribes, have been a regular source of income for government officials since long before independence. But the current level of corruption dwarfs anything in the colonial past. The result, says C.S. Whitaker, a Nigeria specialist at the University of Southern California, is a complete disconnection between honest effort and rewards. Nigerians see that a small number of well-connected, self- styled yuppies have enriched themselves enough from graft to own fleets of Mercedes color-coordinated with every suit in their wardrobe, while college graduates cannot find work. Many young...
...badge of honor now feel only shame. Those who travel abroad are shocked to learn that foreign customs officers regard all Nigerian travelers as potential drug couriers. Some foreign countries, including the U.S., have been quietly warning businessmen to beware of scams in which executives are lured to Nigeria by the promise of rich contracts, only to be kidnapped and held for ransom...
...economy into an even deeper slough. "We were advocates of total economic sanctions in South Africa, and we believe the sanctions were the main reason why apartheid is giving way to democracy there," says Chima Ubani, the Campaign for Democracy's general secretary. "It should be no different for Nigeria. It will place hardship on the people, but there is no freedom without sacrifice...