Taming the Tiger: Civil-Military Relations Reform and the Search for Political Stability in Nigeria

Taming the Tiger views Nigeria as a country on the verge of political, economic and social disintegration, the result of political instability. At the core of Nigeria’s political instability is the Nigerian military, which ruled the country for nearly thirty of Nigeria’s thirty-nine years of post-colonial history, including fifteen years of continuous and uninterrupted rule from 1984-1999.

’Emeka Nwagwu is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Jackson State University, Mississippi.