Nigeria’s business scorecard

President Jonathan has earmarked $1 billion for an anti-theft campaign, but few are convinced this money will go to solving the problem.  “The Niger Delta-dominated federal government will be unlikely to seriously crack down on bunkering and risk upsetting the regional patronage system,” says analyst Josh Holland at IHS Global Insight.

What follow are assessments of the progress so far, sector by sector, presented as The Africa Report’s government scorecard.  It is an irreverent approximation of the administration’s progress, based on conversations with businesspeople and politicians, analysts and investors.  These are their aggregated opinions.