Skip to main content
1000Reasons

1974Event

Cement-import scandal exposes oil-boom bottlenecks

Massive cement imports for construction and public projects overwhelmed ports and generated corruption allegations.

Hall of FameMilitary I

1974

Cement-import scandal exposes oil-boom bottlenecks

Massive cement imports for construction and public projects overwhelmed ports and generated corruption allegations.

1000reasons.voteEditorial timeline entry

What happened

Massive cement imports for construction and public projects overwhelmed ports and generated corruption allegations. The scandal became associated with late Gowon-era mismanagement.

No citations yet. Send corrections + sources to corrections@1000reasons.vote.

← Back to Military I