By 1974, Nigeria’s oil wells were spitting out some 2.3 million barrels a day. Expectedly Nigeria’s General Yakubu Gowon was made the first chairman of ECOWAS. As it began to feel the crunch, Nigeria started to turn inwards looking for scapegoats. For the first time, Nigeria started to queue for essential commodities like sugar, salt, milk, etc. The one carried out in 1969 in Ghana and in Nigeria 1983 and 1985 was a state policy carried out by Ghana and Nigeria government.

Source: The Guardian January 07, 2020 03:45 UTC