Protests against the Structural Adjustment Programme erupted in late May 1989 after fuel-price increases. Demonstrations spread from the University of Benin to Lagos, Ibadan, Port Harcourt and Auchi. Independent estimates put the death toll at around 50; the government acknowledged 22.
Babangida1989· ≈ 50 deaths· Chapter IV · Record
Anti-SAP Riots
May–June 1989. University students lead nationwide protests against the Structural Adjustment Programme. Multiple deaths in Lagos, Benin, Port Harcourt.
Sources
- · Africa Watch Report (1989)
- · Civil Liberties Organisation Annual Report 1989
What it cost — political & economic reality
The political and economic reality
Nigeria in 1989: who was in charge, the cabinet of the day, the GDP, and the crises that defined the period.
Military President
Gen. Ibrahim Babangida
1985–1993
National reality
Structural Adjustment Programme from 1986 — devaluation of the naira, deregulation, austerity that has, in real terms, never been recovered. Dele Giwa murdered by parcel bomb (1986). Annulled the 12 June 1993 election.
Crises of the period
- SAP 1986
- Dele Giwa assassination (1986)
- Orkar coup attempt (1990)
- Annulment of June 12, 1993
GDP (World Bank)
$30 bn (1985) → $15 bn (1993, post-SAP devaluation)
Cabinet (selected portfolios)
- Education
Prof. A. Babs Fafunwa (1990–92)
- Finance
Chu Okongwu; Olu Falae; Kalu Idika Kalu
Source: Federal Military Government Gazette 1985–93; CBN
Methodology
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Redline
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