Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan and former US President Bill Clinton, February, 2013
Nigeria Focus is an executive monthly report written by West Africa experts and
senior analysts who have extensive and intimate knowledge of the continent's
leading oil producer. Oil production is Nigeria's main source of revenue, but
efforts to influence and control its exploitation are a cause of internal
strife and
political turmoil. Inadequate law enforcement, economic mismanagement,
corruption and periodic political instability create a complex investment
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foreign companies.
President Goodluck Jonathan's rule has been invariably described as
disappointing and there are murmurs of discontent among his allies as well as
his political
opponents. Reports indicate that, with the ongoing changes and upheavals in the
ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP), the security agencies have been
instructed to mount a surveillance operation on some members suspected of being
opposition party sympathisers working against Jonathan's re-election in 2015.
This does
not bode well for the country's stability and security situation, which is
already threatened by Boko Haram and its ongoing militant activities in
northern
Nigeria. Thus, the country's volatile security situation and political
complexity
renders it imperative for foreign investors working in Nigeria to keep ahead of
the risks that may impede their commercial activity and undermine the security
of
their personnel and assets.
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