The main presidential opponents in Nigeria had different promises in their campaign manifestos. Atiku Abubakar who happens to be a pro-market multimillionaire said that he would float the national currency and sell stakes in the nation’s oil company.
A Buhari victory means “more political interference in Nigeria’s economy and slower growth,” Mark Bohlund, an economist at Bloomberg Intelligence in London, said in a note Tuesday before final results were announced.
A win for Abubakar would have meant “greater capital investment and a boost to economic growth over the medium term,” he said.