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UPN states pursue free-education politics

UPN-led states, especially in the southwest, emphasized social programs associated with Obafemi Awolowo's political tradition.

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1979

UPN states pursue free-education politics

UPN-led states, especially in the southwest, emphasized social programs associated with Obafemi Awolowo's political tradition.

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UPN-led states, especially in the southwest, emphasized social programs associated with Obafemi Awolowo's political tradition. These programs sharpened contrasts between opposition-state priorities and federal austerity pressures.

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