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...vigor of the country's political system is apparent in the enthusiasm with which six parties have already embarked on a campaign for national elections in August. Nigeria's infant democracy, however, faces a major test as President Shehu Shagari tries to renew his mandate at a time when the country struggles with a deepening economic crisis prompted by the decline in oil revenues. The seriousness of the situation became evident in January when the government expelled more than a million foreign workers, mostly Ghanaians, in order to ease growing unemployment among Nigerians...
...Shagari believes that he and his National Party of Nigeria will improve on the narrow victory they won in 1979, when the country returned to civilian government after 13 years of military rule. "I feel much more confident than in the previous election," Shagari told TIME in a rare interview. "Now we are going to project ourselves not just from our intentions but from our past actions and performance...
...Nigeria, the slowdown in oil revenues has shaken the government of President Shehu Shagari. Imports have been cut in half since 1981, and food prices have risen 25% in the past year alone. To ease unemployment, the government in January abruptly expelled more than 1 million illegal foreigners who had come to Nigeria from neighboring countries. Up for re-election in August, Shagari is determined to boost oil sales, even if it means getting into a price war with other producers...
SITTING IN HIS OFFICE one afternoon last month, Nigerian President Shehu Shagari acted to make life miserable for millions living in his country. In an executive order as simple as it was brutal, Shagari gave all unskilled foreigners living illegally in Nigeria two weeks to leave. The declaration also applied to a few thousand teachers, and by late January, more than two million Ghanaians-- the largest group of illegal aliens in Nigeria--packed up and headed for the border...
...Shagari has shown himself to be a politician willing to stoop to any means to bolster his career. A week after the expulsion order, the 32- story Nigerian External Communications building was destroyed in a fire. At least 30 people died in the blaze, which gutted the head-quarters of the nationally run telephone company, and which cut the country off from the outside world for several days. It was the third government building to burn in the past year-- all three of which housed ministries under investigation for multi-million-dollar government corruption. In each case, all potentially incriminating...