Education2004Fourth Republic (Obasanjo II)· Act No. 8, 2004

Compulsory, Free Universal Basic Education Act, 2004

UBE Commission; basic education a constitutional right for the first 9 years of schooling.

Standard citation

Compulsory, Free Universal Basic Education Act, 2004 (Act No. 8, 2004), Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The political & economic reality at enactment

The political and economic reality

Nigeria in 2004: who was in charge, the cabinet of the day, the GDP, and the crises that defined the period of this Act's commencement.

President · Fourth Republic

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo

1999–2007· PDP

National reality

Return to civilian rule, 29 May 1999. Telecoms deregulation (2001) — GSM revolution. Paris Club exit, October 2005 ($30 bn debt relief, Okonjo-Iweala). Pension Reform 2004. EFCC established 2003.

Crises of the period

Third Term agenda defeated 2006
Niger Delta militancy intensifies
ASUU strikes; Sharia introduction in 12 northern states

GDP (World Bank)

$59 bn (1999) → $166 bn (2007)

Cabinet (selected portfolios)

Finance
Adamu Ciroma (1999–2003); Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (2003–06)
Education
Tunde Adeniran; Babalola Borishade; Fabian Osuji; Chinwe Obaji; Oby Ezekwesili
Health
Prof. ABC Nwosu

Sources · Federal Gazette 1999–2007 · CBN · World Bank WDI

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.