‘Godfather’ money rules Nigeria vote as lawmakers outearn Obama

[The Patriot]

‘Godfather’ money rules Nigeria vote as lawmakers outearn Obama

03-24-2015 08:29 AM

As Africa’s biggest oil producer prepares to elect a president and parliament on Saturday, at stake for most politicians is the power to dispense and receive cash and patronage rather than competing ideologies. The main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, has said it will maintain many of the economic policies of President Goodluck Jonathan’s ruling People’s Democratic Party.


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