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21 years of civil rule: Nigeria needs to return to fundamentals, by Otive Igbuzor

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At return to civil rule in 1999, there was a lot of hope and enthusiasm that return to civil rule will eliminate or reduce corruption as corruption was always one of the reasons for military takeover. There was hope that development will be accelerated leading to  the talk about dividends of democracy. There was expectation that the potentials of Nigeria will be realized. But 21 years later, all these hopes and aspirations remain unfulfilled.