Yaw (@yawboadu): "Immediately after independence, Nigeria had corruption issues. Everyone wanted their share of the “national cake”. Ministers like Festus Okotie-Eboh (Finance) and Kingsley Ozuomba Mbadiwe (Transport) were famously nicknamed "the ten-percenters" because they reportedly took a 10…"

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Immediately after independence, Nigeria had corruption issues. Everyone wanted their share of the “national cake”.

Ministers like Festus Okotie-Eboh (Finance) and Kingsley Ozuomba Mbadiwe (Transport) were famously nicknamed "the ten-percenters" because they reportedly took a 10% cut of every government contract they approved.

Federalism became a vehicle for patronage rather than integration. Politics followed a simple logic: win seats for your region, channel federal contracts and jobs to your people, and skim a ~10% kickback for yourself through the informal “dash” system. Losing federal power meant losing more bribe money contracts for your region.

Yaw

Jan 21

1:39 PM

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