Nigeria: The Economy and the People - The political economy of state robbery and its popular-democratic negation

Author: Madunagu, Edwin

publisher name: New Beacon Books

ISBN: 9780901241542

£5.99

book description

The issues raised in this short monograph contain extensive documentation and analysis of Nigerian economic and political life. Madunagu says, 'Our aim here is not just to expose the bankruptcy of neocolonial economy... but to expose the ruling class, its agencies and functionaries... the bourgeoisie and their imperialist allies were busy looting the resources of the country more recklessly than ever.' He concludes that 'the Nigerian bourgeois class is an integral part of this country’s economic problem.