Civic Accountability · Nigeria

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Inherited problems
0
Fixed
0
Partial progress
Fixed
Partial progress
Security
A federation shattered by the January 1966 coup
Broken
The problem
Ironsi inherited a country whose Prime Minister, two regional premiers and finance minister had just been killed, with the political class discredited and the army itself split along regional lines.
What was done
None of it was contained. Within six months the North had risen against his government, he was dead, and the country was on the road to secession and war.