The Gowon Regime
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The challenges and achievements of the Gowon regime.
- Assess the challenges and achievements of the Gowon regime.
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- Practice question 1
Growing public dissatisfaction under Gowon's regime, cited among the causes of its 1975 overthrow, included concerns about
- A.Corruption and delays in returning power to civilians
- B.The regime's total lack of any economic policy
- C.Excessive military demobilization
- D.Complete absence of any government activity
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A. Corruption and delays in returning power to civilians
This dissatisfaction included concerns about corruption and delays in returning power to civilians.
- Practice question 2
Growing public frustration with delays in the promised return to civilian rule eventually contributed to informal public sentiment sometimes summarized as
- A.'Gowon must go'
- B.'No victor, no vanquished'
- C.'Ghana must go'
- D.'One Nigeria, One Destiny'
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A. 'Gowon must go'
This frustration eventually contributed to sentiment sometimes summarized as 'Gowon must go'.
- Practice question 3
Preparations for a major pan-African cultural festival, later held under the Obasanjo administration and generally known as FESTAC, began to take shape during the period of the
- A.Abdulsalami regime
- B.Second Republic
- C.Gowon regime
- D.Abacha regime
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C. Gowon regime
These preparations began to take shape during the period of the Gowon regime.
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