Sentences with phrase «administration since independence»

President Buhari, who shrugged off «experts» and their «scientific» predictions to receive a historic mandate - the first time that an opposition candidate defeated an incumbent administration since independence has been speaking of the huge popular expectation of Nigerians who gave this mandate.

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What we have is a philosophical problem, and no government since independence illustrates this any better than the Buhari administration.

The Uhuru administration has been accused excessive borrowing, with an estimate that it has borrowed much more than the accumulative amount borrowed by all past governments since independence.

However, since the Liberal Democrats had indicated that they would not enter discussions with parties which continued to favour a referendum on independence, no formal talks were held: the SNP became a minority administration and Nicol led his party to the opposition benches.