CONTENTS
SECTION ONE: THE POLITY
1.1 The Nigerian Polity Transition Years…………………………………………………………..p 11
1.2 Civil Service Reforms in the Transition Years……………………………………………..p 25
1.3 The State of Human Right in Nigeria: 1993-99……………………………………………p 37
SECTION TWO: ECONOMY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
2.1 Management of the Nigerian Economy…………………………………………………..….p 47
2.2 Sanitization of the banking and Financial System………………………………………p 71
2.3 An Appraisal of the Contributions of the central Bank of Nigeria……………...P 93
2.4 Petroleum Resources Management………………………………………………………....…p 113
2.5 Agriculture and Solid Mineral Development…………………………………………......p 125
2.6 Revitalisation of National Infrastructure PTF and Other Initiatives…………..p 137
SECTION THREE: INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
3.1 Science Technology and Industrial Development………………………………….....p 157
3.2 Telecommunication, Power and Steel Development……………………………......p 169
SECTION FOUR: SOCIAL DIMENSION
4.1 The Education Sector…………………………………………………………………………….......p 183
4.2 The Health Sector………………………………………………………………………………….......p 193
4.3 Women Development and Poverty Alleviation……………………………………....….p 201
4.4 Culture, Youth, Sport and the mass Media…………………………………………...…..p 219
SECTION FIVE: EXTERNAL RELATION,DEFENCE AND SECURITY
5.1 External Relation………………………………………………………………………………........…p 231
5.2 Defence, National Security…………………………………………………………….........….p 253
SECTION SIX: THE WAY FORWARD
6.1 Vision 2010: A new framework for National Planning and
Development…………………………………………………………………………………………..........…p 271
6.2 Some Unresolved National Issues………………………………………………….......…….p 293