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...government of President Shehu Shagari has belatedly taken some steps to curb spending and slow the runaway growth of the corrupt and bloated Nigerian bureaucracy. The Shagari government in December proposed a 12% cutback in government spending from 1981 levels. Additional austerity measures included the restrictions on the use of official cars by ministers and civil servants, a government-wide clampdown on foreign junketing, and a ban on unauthorized international telephone calls...
...more direct and effective cutbacks will probably be needed if the economy is to avoid careening out of control. But it is uncertain whether the soft-spoken and shy Shagari will be politically able to take the necessary steps. Shagari's free-market oriented National Party of Nigeria came to power in 1979 after elections ended 13 years of military rule. Since then, Shagari has pressed ahead with a program of rapid industrial and social development that cannot now be rolled back without alienating Nigerians...
From Reagan's viewpoint, one of the most valuable aspects of the summit was the chance to hold bilateral meetings witha lobby of leaders. The President conferred with 14 delegation heads in meetings sandwiched around the formal sessions. In his call on Reagan, Nigerian President Alhaji Shehu Shagari, as expected, touched upon black Africa's concerns regarding Namibia and Angola. In her visit with the President, Indira Gandhi was calm and low-keyed while explaining India's worries about the proposed U.S. sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. She gently reminded Reagan that "we have...
...high prices to pay the cost of a colossal industrialization and agricultural development program designed to buoy the economy after the oil runs out. Since 1975, Nigeria has spent upwards of $80 billion on economic development, and in the coming four years the government of President Alhaji Shehu Shagari wants to spend perhaps $152 billion more. In 1981 alone, overall imports are expected to reach $24 billion, mostly for heavy machinery, transportation equipment and food...
...Shagari is highly critical of Washington's policy to date. "The U.S. believes that apartheid South Africa can be talked into stopping its nefarious practices against mankind," he says. "I believe that it can never be talked into changing. There must be boycotts of all dealings with it." In order to persuade the U.S. and other Western nations to cut their trade ties with South Africa, Shagari warns, "I cannot rule out using our oil or anything else." Washington gets the point. Says one U.S. diplomat: "If they ever thought we were backing off from our commitment to majority...