
Nigeria's President Buhari sworn in for second term
We look at Nigeria's economic pressures as President Buhari is sworn in for a second term.
We look at Nigeria's economic pressures as President Buhari is sworn in for a second term. One of Mr Buhari's electoral challengers Obadiah Mailafia tells us the president has made some progress on tackling corruption. But Akin Olawore, who runs an estate agency in Lagos, and chairs the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce, says regular power cuts are still a big problem. And economist Dr Nonso Obikili of the Turgot Centre for Economics and Policy Research discusses concerns that Nigeria's central bank has been printing money to directly finance the government's budget deficit. Also in the programme, we discuss whether Google is too dominant in online search and advertising with Eric Schmidt, former chairman and current board member of Google's parent, Alphabet. Plus we have a report from Portugal, where the heavily indebted country is turning to China to borrow money.
(Picture: President Buhari's second inauguration. Picture credit: Reuters.)
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- Wed 29 May 2019 21:32GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Europe and the Middle East