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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I appreciate God for sustaining me, most especially for the strength, faith and
finance that enabled the successful completion of this study.
I am eternally grateful to my team of supervisors, most especially on the invaluable
guidance and contribution made by Professor Ayo Dunmoye, Dr. Kayode Omojuwa and
Dr Hudu Abdullahi. I am particularly grateful to Professor Ayo Dunmoye for his fatherly
guidance. His insistence that I concluded the study on time before the ANPP was
overtaken by events has really motivated me.
I must express my deep appreciation to all who made the completion of this
dissertation a reality through; suggestions, moral encouragement and provision of
materials. In this regards, I thank Prof. Paul Izah, Prof. Ejembi Unobe, Dr. Siddique
Mohammed, Mal.Saidu Adamu, Mal.Garba Aminu, Dr.Yusufu Yakubu, Dr Issah
Mohammed, Abbass Dr Faal Mohammed, Dr.Edgar Agubamma, Mal. Aliyu Yahaya Dr.
Samaila Shehu and Dr Aliyu Raffindadi and Dr Mohammed Muntaka(both of Economics
Department, ABU Zaria).
In the course of this study, I have received vital information in the form of
interview, advice and guidance from many eminent Nigerians to whom I am deeply
indebted, in this regard I would like to thank: Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, Alhaji Umaru
Shinkafi, Late Sen Mahmud Waziri, Governor Ibrahim Shekarau, Sen Ahmed Sani
Yerima, Sen.Saidu Dansadau, Sule Hamma, Buba Galadima, Hon Farouk Aliyu Lawal,
Hon Ahmed Baba Datti, Dr Mahmud Abubakar,Dr Bashir Kurfi, Sen Ahmed Aruwa,
Alhaji Musa Kabir Aruwa and Hon Rini Munttaka.
Finally, I am deeply grateful to my wife, Bolanle who did the type-setting and
editorial aspects of the study, and my son, Jeremiah for their remarkable patience and
encouragement during the course of this study.
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