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Untangling government, market, and investment failure during the Nigerian oil boom: the Cement Armada scandal 1974–1980

Marwah, Hanaan (2020) Untangling government, market, and investment failure during the Nigerian oil boom: the Cement Armada scandal 1974–1980. Business History, 62 (4). pp. 566-587. ISSN 0007-6791

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Identification Number: 10.1080/00076791.2018.1458839

Abstract

The ‘Cement Armada’ was a major Nigerian government scandal which culminated in hundreds of cement-laden ships arriving en masse at Lagos, creating severe multi-year-long port congestion during the height of the 1970s oil boom. In spite of the scale of the scandal, its causes and consequences have received little attention from scholars. This article presents new research which suggests the Armada was one of several contributing factors to the extraordinary inflation in the price of construction during period. It places the scandal in the context of debates about corruption, organisational failure and a ‘resource curse’ in Nigeria.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Divisions: Economic History
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
JEL classification: N - Economic History > N5 - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries > N57 - Africa; Oceania
G - Financial Economics > G0 - General > G00 - General
Date Deposited: 25 Aug 2022 09:54
Last Modified: 19 Oct 2024 17:27
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/116386

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