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Babangida's Structural Adjustment Programme Killed the Naira - Buhari Speaks Up

Posted by Samuel on Fri 05th Feb, 2016 - tori.ng

President Buhari has given his say about the continued dwindling strength of the Naira in the parallel market.

Ibrahim Badamosi Babagida

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday revealed that the Structural Adjustment Programme, SAP, by one-time military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babagida, IBB, killed the naira.

Speaking with the BBC, Buhari traced the origin of some of the problems facing the country’s currency to IBB’s regime.

” I went through the devalue in 1984, its SAP that killed the naira. I have asked the Governor of Central Bank and others to sit and see if they can convince me to murder the naira,” Buhari said.

IBB had in 1986 and 1988 instituted SAP which is said to have been responsible for the downward trend of the naira. SAP was a loan provided by the International Monetary Fund, IMF, and the World Bank to countries facing economic turmoil.