Nigerian Recovery
Still Tentative
- IAN Nigeria is taking one jnillioa baf els a day
steps toward economic -4 tn August and there "
' recovery following the ' arf.umors.oT a coming
serious slump in oil sales discount on Nbrttr Sea
- earlier this year but cau- oil, which is generally ,
t tion is stilly, the waU competitive " with ;
chword"; as President .iNigeria'sV c low-sulfur
Shagari's' governfnent crude. . . - '
.gears up tor me ivw
reelection, x ; , ,.
.;Througti most of the
summer, Nigeria has:
-maintained its OPEC,
production quota of 1 .ij
million barrels' a day,
nearly : double ' the
In order to ' preserve
the goodwill of the ma
jor oil firms operating in
Nigeria,; consequently,
the I government has
recently? increased the.
profitability v of their 1
operations. The Nigerian
frighteningly low"Aprir. National Petroleum Cor-
production level
- Nigerian banks, mean
awhile, have been in a bet
ter position to release
foreign exchange needed
to pay overdue bills from
suppliers overseas. By
x some accounts, Nigerian
payments for- imported
goods had been running
eight to ten weeks behind
schedule, but the gap is!
gradually being narrow
ed. - ' ; , , V
.The - Improved cashr
position' results from a
variety . of , ..austerity
measures enacted in
April as part of Presi
dent Shagari's Economic
Stabilization Act.
Nigeria restricted im
ports of luxury items
such as Mercedes-Benz1
cars and curbed pur
chases of industrial items'
that are produced
domestically; officials
also cracked down on ;
smuggling and set a re
quirement that all import
license applications be
accompanied, by a
deposit.
Prior to the Siahiliza-
tion Act, Nigeria had!
been spending roughly ,
$2 billion each month on !
imports, and as oil
revenues slumped the na
tion barely had enough
cash reserves to cover
purchases for a two-
week period. The cost of
imports has now been
trimmed by several hun
dred million dollars and
may be "cut further tq
$1.2 billion, thus allow-;
inc an increase in
reserves.
"" Wi t U-t Kf " iti' wf -4 r
provement ' earlier this
summer, the government!
gave the go-ahead for
certain development pro4
jects that had been
suspended, but officials
are currently faced with
tough decisions . about'
just how far they can
move in the direction of
easing the austerity pro
gram. On one side there
is continuing uncertainty'
about the oil market and :
the nation's credit posi
tion; on the other,
serious political pressure
from a relaxation prior
to the 1983 election.
. : :The new import
regulations particular
ly the need for deposits
' to accompanjfimport ap-
nliraf inn - have hwn
unpopular with Nigerian
businessmen. ' Many
analysts, consequently,
are predicting that the
advance deposit scheme
will be modified later
this fall when the govern
.ment announces ; the
fiscal 1983 budget..
There is also pressure
' for the government to
move" ahead on prestige
development projects
such as the new federal
capital at Abuja in the
center of the country.
Abuja is one of the ad-
ministration's
showpieces, and Presi
dent Shagari has pledged
.to move into his new
residence there well,
before year's end-But,
'partly because pf the im
port curbs, much work
remains to be done, and
Contractors are furious,
about the difficulty ift
-A. . 1 ' I . I . . .
getting ine materials iney
need. , ' v,','
"If the presidential jet
lands this fall (in Abuja
airport)," one contrac
tor told the Wall Street
Journal recently, "it will
be with the benefit of
..the com. a tower."' rAr
. While the Nigerian '
public would like to see
development funds flow
ing ; freely , again,
however, Nigeria's Inter
national standing might
te bolstered by more
conservative policies.
, According to the Africa ,
Economic Digest, most
. international banks are
reluctant to increase
their short-term credit
lines as yet. j
' Oil sales slipped slight
ly to approximately
poration has agreed to
let companies charge
more : for . production
costs and to double their
margin on each barrel of
oil as well. The NNPC '
has also dropped its de
mand that the oil firms
supply - crude to the
Nigerian market at con
cessionary rates.
Human Rights1
Violations
In Uganda
" AN i Amnesty Inter
national has released its
second" f report in five
months ' . . describing
systematic torture of
prisoners and mass ar
bitrary : executions of
civilians in; Uganda by
the- army and security
forces. Violations cited
itr the September 1 report
include arbitrary arrests,
extra-legal executions,
torture, "disap
pearances" and deaths
of detainees, and harsh
prison conditions. i
Although many of the
civilains killed . are'
suspected of being anti
government guerrillas or
guerrilla supporters, AI
claims innocent men
women, and children in
the areas- of armed con-'
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SATURDAY, 8EPTEW8EH 25, 1982-THf TMEJ-1J
NCCU To Host High
School, 2 Year ..
Students Oct. 23
ST. AUG.'S INSTALLS SGA OFFICERS
The elected officials of the student government
association took their oath of office on last week
daring an SGA installation ceremony held in the
Fine Arts building. L-R: Dr.'f helma J. Roundtree,
vice president for Academic Affairs, conducts the ,
ceremony duringjhe absence of President Pezell R.
Robinson; Jerold Lewis, president, from Brooklyn,
N.Y.; Ms. Mildred McLean, "Miss Saint
Augustine's College," from Fayetteville, and
'Michael Scantling, vice president, from
Philadelphia. In absentia, Anthony Matts, chief
justice'.
"flict have .died as well.
Many of tfte violations,
says the report; are
perpetrated . "deliberate
ly and with apparent im
punity, sometimes with
clear indications of
government responsibili
ty." The government of
Milton Obote has in the,
past denied that the army
detains, tortures, or ex
ecutes prisoners, but
Kampala has not com
mented on the latest AI,
report short of confirm
ing that it had been read.
In a related story late
last month, the Ugandan
government released
nearly 1100 detainees,
many of whom were
former soldiers in the ar
my of IdiAmin. The
release came by a general
pardon issued by Presi
dent Obote. A number
of political prisoners
were also freed.
Economy Dips
AN Blaming the ef-i
feet of the coup attempt
upon its already shaky
economy, the Kenyan
government announced
last month that the prices; country's dwindling
of basic foods such as foreign exchange.
maize and bread would
jincrease 20 to 25. In
addition, crude oil im
i ports would be cut by
10 and . conservation
measures would soon be
introduced due to the
SoftenHig the
messages- was the an
nouncement that the
adult minimum monthly,
wage would increase
from $40 to $43 in the
major industrial centers
of Mombasa and
Nairobi.
; - ' North 3 Carolina
Central University will
welcome high : school
students and students
from two-year colleges at
its annual Student Visita
tion Day sponsored by
the NCCU Office of Ad
missions. V. v
' Mrs. Nancy R.
Rowland, director of ad
missions, said the event
will include tours of the
Campus guided - by
NCCU students, VXn"
cheon for all students at;
tending, and. passes for
the students to the foot
ball game' between
NCCU and Elizabeth Ci
ty State University.
Invitations' to the
event have been extended
to students through the
guidance counselors in
all North Carolina high
schools, through of
ficials of junior and
community colleges, and
through other organiza
tions and agencies.
In addition to ac
tivifies for high school
students and students at
two-year , colleges, tie
program will also Include
'offerings for "mature .
adults interested r in
NCCU's programs aaf
for parents, teachers,'
and counselors:. -r
Registration for the '
program will begin at
9:30 an. Saturday, Oc
tober 23, in the universi
ty's , B.N. Dukei
Auditorium. The foot
ball game will begin at
1 :3p pjn. Between, those
hours, prospective"
students may meet and
discuss NCCU programs
with the institution's ad
ministrators, faculty, ;
staff,, and students.
Teachers and
counselors at high
schools and two-year i
colleges will make reser- '
vations for students and :
.parents. Reservations
may also be made by '
jcontacting the NCCU
piftfifijot Admissions, or ,
neCarolifia Timer
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Increasing Isolation
AN The 'World
Alliance of Reformed
Churches, meeting in Ot- j,
tawa late list month,;
suspended two of South '
Africa's white Dutch
Reformedchurches from
membership in the body,
which groups 149
Presbyterian and other
churches of the Reform-!
ed tradition from around (
the world.vThe two chur-
ches, the . Nederduitse '.
Gereformeerde , Kerk
(NGK) , and theedert '
duitsche !'; HervoOrmde!
Kerk (NHK).will only be :
permitted to return to
the movement if they
repudiate their support
of the apartheid system
and no longer exclude
blacks from services or
communion.. -
Most members of the
South African govern-'
. ment are members of one .
of the two denomina-i
tions, which have in the
past provided theological
justifications for apar
theid. Dr. Allan Boesak, a
leading South African
black theologian, was
: elected chairman of the
World Alliance at the
Ottawa meeting. Boesak
has been chairman of the
Broederkring, . an
i alliance of the three
black "daughter chur
ches" which resulted
from the missionary ef
forts of the NGK, and
which have in recent
years strongly accused
the "parent" body of
racism.
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