Both programmes failed as agricultural transformation. However, both built physical storage infrastructure — silos, warehouses, rural feeder roads — that persisted after the programmes ended. The Kano and Maiduguri grain silos built under OFN are still in use. This entry is here to be honest: not all spending described as 'good' produced lasting value. The infrastructure built was a fraction of the spend.
Obasanjo I / Shagari · Agriculture1976 — 80Good spending· Partial — silos remain· Chapter I · Money
OFN → Green Revolution Infrastructure
Operation Feed the Nation (1976) and Green Revolution (1980) built lasting storage infrastructure — silos, warehouses, rural feeder roads.
Sources
- · Federal Ministry of Agriculture, OFN Review (1981)
- · World Bank Nigeria Agriculture (1981)
What it cost — political & economic reality
The political and economic reality
Nigeria in 1978: who was in charge, the cabinet of the day, the GDP, and the crises that defined the period.
Head of State · Military
Gen. Murtala Muhammed → Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo
1975–1979
National reality
Murtala assassinated 13 February 1976; Obasanjo completed the transition. Universal Primary Education launched 1976. Land Use Act 1978. 1979 Constitution and handover to the Second Republic.
Crises of the period
- Dimka coup attempt + Murtala assassination (1976)
- 'Ali Must Go' student protests (1978) — students killed over a 50-kobo fee increase
GDP (World Bank)
$28 bn (1975) → $47 bn (1979)
Cabinet (selected portfolios)
- Education
Col. Ahmadu Ali (1975–78)
- Education
J.O.J. Okezie (1978)
Source: Federal Gazette; Constitution Drafting Committee records (1976–78)
Methodology
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Redline
Wikipedia is never a source.