Cabinet of Shehu Shagari

He managed the transition to civilian rule in an election won by the National Party of Nigeria led by Shehu Shagari.The ministers were both Muslim and Christianfairly distributed ethno religious sections of the country [2] Shagari made extensive use of the Cabinet Office, an organisation of leading professional civil servants, where it would have been more typical of a presidential system to rely more on political appointees.Although, this view may be as result of the dictatorial military years preceding the second republic[6] Shehu Shagari's National Party of Nigeria (NPN) won the 1983 general elections.[6] shagari also introduced a new ministry under Maitama Sule in order to launch his ethical revolution program which had War Against Indiscipline as part of it.[2] The coup was launched two days after Shagari had announced an austerity program, forced due to a fall in the price of oil, which provided 90% of government revenue.
Shehu Shagari on 7 October 1980
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